Chasing a Dying River: The Yamuna in Delhi | South Asia@LSE
WEBJul 17, 2023 · Souzeina Mushtaq and Praveen K. Chaudhry have been visiting the Yamuna river at Ghat 24 in Delhi for several years, and discuss some of the issues — and hopes — in this final ‘India at 75’ post. Throughout history, rivers …
Importance of Yamuna for Delhi's Economic and Socio-Ecological …
WEBJun 7, 2024 · The Yamuna River, flowing through the heart of Delhi, is integral to the city's economic and socio-ecological framework. This research article explores the multifaceted importance of the Yamuna for Delhi, highlighting its role in water supply, agriculture, cultural heritage, biodiversity, and urban development.
When Yamuna’s ‘dead fish will be fresher’
WEBEffluents and apathy have reduced Delhi's lifeline to a sewer. Thousands of fish die annually while the Yamuna's original custodians have nowhere to go. It all feeds into and spurs a climate crisis
Big city, small farmers, and a dying river
WEBVarying estimates say between 5,000 and 7,000 farmers reside along the Delhi shores of the Yamuna – the longest tributary of the Ganga and second greatest (after the Ghaghara) in terms of volume. The agriculturists here cultivate some 24,000 acres, much reduced from a few decades ago, they say.
Delhi’s waste chokes Yamuna of all aquatic life - The Hindu
WEBAug 24, 2016 · Agents like phytoplankton are responsible for sustaining the aquatic food web by creating organic compounds from carbon dioxide dissolved in the water.
Once upon a river: Revisiting the relationship between Delhi and Yamuna …
WEBJun 29, 2023 · With the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government promising to enforce a six-point action plan to clean Yamuna to transform Delhi into a “clean, beautiful and modern city” by 2025, and several initiatives being taken to attempt the same, we take a look at the relationship the city shares with the river.
Delhi’s relationship with Yamuna river and how it evolved over time
WEBJul 15, 2023 · The Yamuna in Delhi, which is for the most part of the year no more than a ribbon of polluted water, rose to 208.66 metres on Thursday evening, causing Delhi’s worst flooding on record. The river touched 207.49 m in 1978, the year in …
Yamuna polluted beyond threshold level, aquatic life declines …
WEBMar 14, 2023 · NEW DELHI: The Yamuna river’s stretch in the national capital region has become the most polluted part of the river over the last three years.
Advancing an Ecosystem-based Approach for Yamuna River …
WEBApr 29, 2024 · This involves a systems-based and adaptive approach that can address concerns that include, identifying and reducing drivers and pressures currently plaguing the river ecosystem, balance catchment and river processes, and improve river health through a comprehensive restoration strategy.
Fishing in the Shadow of a Megacity: Delhi and Its ‘Unseen’ …
WEBNearly all of the fishing in Delhi takes place in this northern stretch of the Yamuna. Moreover, a good share of drinking water for people in Delhi is taken from this part of Yamuna (CPCB,...