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City's Yamuna-cleaning plan needs reset, not just money, says report

The Morning Standard

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May 09, 2025

DESPITE spending more than ₹6,800 crore and expanding its sewage infrastructure over five years, Delhi has failed to revive its stretch of the Yamuna, which remains biologically dead.

- PRABHAT SHUKLA @ New Delhi

City's Yamuna-cleaning plan needs reset, not just money, says report

A new report by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Yamuna: The Agenda for Cleaning the River, calls for a fundamental overhaul of the city's river-cleaning strategy, urging a shift from infrastructure expansion to smarter governance and planning.

The report highlights a troubling disconnect between investment and impact. Delhi has 37 sewage treatment plants (STPs), reportedly covering 84% of its wastewater, with nearly 80% of households connected to the sewer system. Yet, the 22-km stretch of the river in Delhi shows no signs of revival.

MEER VERHALEN VAN The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

Mehli Mistry snaps last ties with the Tatas

MEHLI Mistry on Monday stepped down as the chairman of Mumbai-based Small Animal Hospital, founded by Ratan Tata and operated by Tata Trusts after he resigned from the trusts on November 4.

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1 min

December 02, 2025

The Morning Standard

Concrete Murmurs

\"THE Lodhi era tomb comes first into view. Wedged between scooters, overhead wires and a paying guest house entrance in Katwaria Sarai, it feels like the people are now the ones out of place, not the centuries old monument.

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2 mins

December 02, 2025

The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

Yamuna still dirty despite crores spent: Centre tells House

THE Jal Shakti ministry on Monday said untreated sewage, missing effluent treatment facilities, project delays and a major shortfall in solid waste processing remain the primary reasons the Yamuna continues to run polluted in the national capital. It also disclosed that the Delhi Jal Board spent about 5,536 crore over the past three financial years on efforts to clean the river.

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1 min

December 02, 2025

The Morning Standard

Farmers alone can't be blamed for pollution: SC

THE Supreme Court on Monday expressed doubts about whether stubble burning by farmers can really be treated as the sole cause of the worsening air pollution in Delhi-NCR.

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1 min

December 02, 2025

The Morning Standard

SC orders pan-India CBI probe on digital arrest

THE Supreme Court on Monday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a detailed, unified pan-India probe into cases of digital arrest, expressing concern over the rise in the number of such cases.

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1 min

December 02, 2025

The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

SIR rumble rocks Lok Sabha

Oppn stages walkout in Rajya Sabha; Minister Rijiju seeks time to take call on the matter

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2 mins

December 02, 2025

The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

GOING AFTER CYBER CRIME STATE-OWNED APP MANDATED ON YOUR PHONE

THE Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued a new direction effective November 28, mandating all mobile phone manufacturers and importers to pre-install state-owned fraud reporting app — Sanchar Saathi — on devices used in India. The implementation must be completed within 90 days and a compliance report filed in 120 days.

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1 mins

December 02, 2025

The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

Unhappy with waste-processing firms, MCD opts for retendering

Civic body set to choose new operators for Okhla, Bhalswa landfill sites in the next month

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2 mins

December 02, 2025

The Morning Standard

Uproar after more than ‘21L dead voters in Bengal rolls identified’

EC sources say pressure on several BLOs to delay upload of the enumeration forms

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1 mins

December 02, 2025

The Morning Standard

Nod to Pakistan aircraft carrying aid to Sri Lanka

INDIA has permitted a Pakistan aircraft carrying humanitarian aid for the cyclone victims in Sri Lanka to use its airspace.

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1 min

December 02, 2025

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