Yamuna floodplains

Centre issues floodplain zoning guidelines, bans high-risk activities, enforces river buffer

Centre issues floodplain zoning guidelines, bans high-risk activities, enforces river buffer

The move aims to curb flood damage, improve climate resilience, and ensure that human activity in floodplains is subject to…

August 13, 2025

Delhi govt sets November deadline to clear Yamuna floodplains of encroachments

The action plan also includes directives for agencies to remove all forms of encroachment from drains flowing into the Yamuna.

July 5, 2025

Stranded in uncertainty: Pakistani Hindus face eviction fears

As authorities push to clear Yamuna floodplain encroachments, hindu families from the neighbouring country suffer poverty, discrimination

March 4, 2025

Yamuna redevelopment plan evokes nostalgia in some, concern among others

The beautification project of the Yamuna riverfront at Shastri Park is a hit among Delhiites, but for slum dwellers, the…

March 25, 2023

The present is dark, so is the future

During the monsoon, those who stay on the banks of the Yamuna often have to evacuate their hutments to stay…

October 1, 2022

9,000-ha land at hand in Yamuna floodplains for plantation: Delhi forest dept

The Delhi Development Authority has been advised by the city forest department that there is land available in the Yamuna…

August 6, 2022