River Yamuna - Revision history

Jyoti: /* Floods in Delhi */

2025-12-03T20:33:27Z

‎Floods in Delhi

Jyoti: /* Floods in the Yamuna */

2025-10-04T16:10:14Z

‎Floods in the Yamuna

Jyoti: /* The state of the river/ Water quality */

2025-06-08T18:42:38Z

‎The state of the river/ Water quality

Jyoti: /* 2020 */

2024-12-19T18:34:57Z

‎2020

Jyoti: /* 2020/ 960ha encroached upon */

2024-09-27T07:34:27Z

‎2020/ 960ha encroached upon

Jyoti: /* 2021 */

2024-07-15T12:56:04Z

‎2021

Jyoti: /* Drains flowing into the Yamuna/ 2024 */

2024-07-15T12:54:48Z

‎Drains flowing into the Yamuna/ 2024

Jyoti: /* Idol immersion foam */

2024-07-15T12:51:31Z

‎Idol immersion foam

Pdewan: /* Drain water */

2024-07-07T11:30:33Z

‎Drain water

Jyoti: /* The state of the river/ Water quality */

2023-07-19T21:10:42Z

‎The state of the river/ Water quality

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	8.28 lakh cusecs of water were discharged into the river		8.28 lakh cusecs of water were discharged into the river
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		+	===2025===
		+	[[File: River Yamuna after floods, 2025.jpg\|River Yamuna after floods, 2025 <br/> From: [https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=30_09_2025_002_002_cap_TOI Kushagra.Dixit, Sep 30, 2025: ''The Times of India'']\|frame\|500px]]
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		+	'''See graphic''':
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		+	'' River Yamuna after floods, 2025 ''
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	==Do floods help the Yamuna?==		==Do floods help the Yamuna?==

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 [[File: Floods in the Yamuna, 1978-2013, 2018; As on Aug 20, 2019.jpg|Floods in the Yamuna, 1978-2013, 2018 <br/> As on Aug 20, 2019 <br/> From: [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F08%2F21&entity=Ar00614&sk=4E7ED344&mode=text  AlokKNMishra, August 21, 2019: ''The Times of India'']|frame|500px]]
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 Gopal Rai, a resident of Nagla who shifted with his family to Panchayat Bhawan, said, “The current in the Hindon is quite strong and there are chances that water may reach our home. As a safety measure, we have shifted here. Two-three other families have also taken shelter at Panchayat Bhawan.”
-In Noida, the Yamuna water entered farmlands along the 29km-long embankment on the floodplains on Tuesday. The district administration said they still didn’t need to start any relief work.
+In Noida, the Yamuna water entered farmlands along the 29km-long embankment on the floodplains. The district administration said they still didn’t need to start any relief work.
 However, the rising level of water has destroyed crops on hundreds of acres on the floodplains. Ali Hasan, a resident of Gulawti village, said, “I have 20 acres along the floodplains, and the crops have been ruined.”
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	The project, which started in 2014, involved coordinated efforts from multi-disciplinary teams. The engineering team worked on the nullah, connecting households to the sewer and on improving the facade of the houses; the horticulture team worked on the nullah sides, planting grass and trees; the community teams worked with households — convincing, encouraging, hand-holding and monitoring; even as the education team worked with children to spread awareness about cleanliness.		The project, which started in 2014, involved coordinated efforts from multi-disciplinary teams. The engineering team worked on the nullah, connecting households to the sewer and on improving the facade of the houses; the horticulture team worked on the nullah sides, planting grass and trees; the community teams worked with households — convincing, encouraging, hand-holding and monitoring; even as the education team worked with children to spread awareness about cleanliness.

		+	=The course of the Yamuna=
		+	==Changed in Asadpur (Sonipat) by sand mining==
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		+	Manvir Saini@timesofindia.com
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		+	Chandigarh : Unregulated sand mining — in violation of environmental laws and National Green Tribunal (NGT) directives — has changed the course of the Yamuna river in Asadpur village of Haryana’s Sonipat district, according to officials of the irrigation and water resources department.
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		+	In a report submitted after a field inspection on May 22, a four-member team of the department led by R K Bodwal, superintending engineer, Sonipat, has flagged widespread illegal mining activity. The team, which included executive engineers Ashish Kaushik and Gulshan Kumar and sub-divisional officer Himanshu, revealed that licensed operators were excavating far beyond permitted zones while using heavy machinery directly in the active river stream.
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		+	Their findings, detailed in a formal communication to chief engineer, Yamuna Water Services (South), New Delhi, were accompanied by geotagged photographs and videos.
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		+	“Several unauthorised paths have been created and the river’s natural flow has been diverted to facilitate illegal extraction,” the letter, accessed by TOI, stated. The report pointed out the absence of boundary pillars, making it impossible to verify whether mining remained within legal limits.
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		+	Officials of the irrigation department as well as in the office of the Sonipat deputy commissioner confirmed the communication. Late Saturday, the Haryana State Enforcement Bureau registered a case against the company holding the local sand mining licence. The firm has been accused of extensive illegal operations within the Yamuna riverbed.
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	=Delhi and the Yamuna=		=Delhi and the Yamuna=

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 DPCC, which is running a drive against industries in this matter, said its teams had inspected 192 units, of which 102 were polluting the Yamuna. Of these, 18 units didn’t have effluent treatment plants (ETPs) while 15 ETPs were non-functional. DPCC has issued showcause notice to 17 units and closure notice to another 39.
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+New Delhi : Nonylphenol ethoxylates are banned for inclusion in detergents in many countries, but India has no r egulations. Like nonylphenol (NP), it is a chemical compound called a surfactant. Compounds of this sort are a major cause of frothing in the Yamuna, a visible proof of the pollutants in the river. Now, Toxics Link, an environmental research organisation, and US-based non-profit Environmental Defense Fund have released a report that highlights how the harmful NP and NPEs are in widespread use in India.
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 “The whole exercise of demarcating the floodplain with boundary pillars would be rendered futile if DDA doesn’t reclaim the land. NGT may consider giving the new vice-chairman three months to review the status of all pockets of land that are not under litigation and prepare a detailed action plan to retrieve the land and to either hand it to the forest department or take up plantation,” said the committee.
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+==2024/ 75% of Yamuna floodplain is encroached upon: DDA==
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+[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=30_08_2024_001_014_cap_TOI Atul Mathur, Aug 30, 2024: ''The Times of India'']
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	There was one more chance for ragpickers on Saturday, a day after Vijayadashmi, when some puja committees arrived to consign their idols to the river. “We avoided Friday because we knew it would be too crowded,” explains Ramesh Verma, who has come from Sultanpuri. “Usually, we immerse our idol a day later when the ghats are freer and we can go to the deeper parts of the river to ensure proper submergence. The portions demarcated at the ghats are always shallow, and it is an insult to Goddess Durga to leave her wallowing half out of water.”		There was one more chance for ragpickers on Saturday, a day after Vijayadashmi, when some puja committees arrived to consign their idols to the river. “We avoided Friday because we knew it would be too crowded,” explains Ramesh Verma, who has come from Sultanpuri. “Usually, we immerse our idol a day later when the ghats are freer and we can go to the deeper parts of the river to ensure proper submergence. The portions demarcated at the ghats are always shallow, and it is an insult to Goddess Durga to leave her wallowing half out of water.”

−	~~===Drains flowing into the Yamuna/ 2024===~~
−	~~[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=06_07_2024_009_006_cap_TOI Priyangi Agarwal, July 6, 2024: ''The Times of India'']~~

−	[[File: The water quality status of the major drains flowing into the Yamuna, 2024.jpg\| The water quality status of the major drains flowing into the Yamuna/ 2024 <br/> From: [https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=06_07_2024_009_006_cap_TOI Priyangi Agarwal, July 6, 2024: ''The Times of India'']\|frame\|500px]]
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−	New Delhi : The Yamuna continues to be highly polluted with no significant change in water quality, according to the latest report of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee. None of the 16 drains that flow into the river have met water quality standards with respect to biochemical oxygen demand (BOD).
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−	DPCC uploaded reports on the water quality of the Yamuna and its drains after a four-month hiatus. Among the eight locations from which samples were collected on June 25, the river was cleanest at Palla, where the Yamuna enters Delhi. The last monitoring station at Asgarpur (just beyond the confluence of Shahdara and Tughlakabad drains) was the most polluted.
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−	Dissolved oxygen (DO), which is the amount of oxygen present in the river and the acceptable standard is 5mg/l or above, met the standard at Palla and Wazirabad but was nil at the ISBT bridge, Nizamuddin bridge, Okhla barrage, Agra Canal at Okhla barrage and Asgarpur. Low DO level affects the survival of aquatic life in the river.
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−	Similarly, a higher BOD indicates more oxygen is required for the oxygen-demanding species to feed on and, thus, signifies lower water quality. The prescribed BOD norm for the Yamuna is 3mg/l or less, but this was met only at Palla at 2mg/l. It was 28 times higher than the standard at Asgarpur at 85mg/l, 17 times higher at Okhla Barrage (50mg/l) and 16 times higher at ITO bridge (47mg/l).
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−	The drains that flow into the Yamuna are also polluted with BOD levels surpassing the standard in 16 drains. Eleven drains had no water. Even faecal coliform levels, which signal the presence of sewage in water, were much higher at all eight stations than the prescribed standard.
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−	River activist Bhim Singh Rawat, associate coordinator of the South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers, and People, said, “An analysis of the water quality status of the Yamuna compared with last year shows that the river has become a monsoonal, rain-fed river. When the upper catchment of the river receives rain and gets flow, the water quality shows improvement. When there is no rain, the Yamuna remains heavily polluted. There is no control, treatment or pollution abatement in the river.”
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−	Another activist, Diwan Singh, said, “The levels of pollutants increase after the Yamuna enters Delhi. The river has also been absolutely deprived of its freshwater flow, worsening its condition. It continues to be a sewage canal.” He added that the river seemed to have no rights since the city was prioritised rather than the river at every step.

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