Encroachment gobbling up Yamuna Flood Plain in Mathura
2023.03.19 (Vrindavan Today News): In a concerning development, recent reports are suggesting that there has been a significant increase in…
Category: Environmental pollution
Mathura priest confronts Hema Malini on Empty promises of a clean Yamuna
Yamuna River’s pollution woes and dilapidated ghats draw ire of protesters during MP Hema Malini’s inspection 2023.02.28 (Vrindavan Today News):…
NEERI finds untreated effluent discharge in Yamuna
2023.02.18 (Vrindavan Today News): A team from the National Environment Research Institute (NEERI) carried out an inspection of the Yamuna…
CEC panel conducts site inspection for tree felling
2022.10.21 (Vrindavan Today News): The Proposed four lane road connecting the Yamuna Expressway from Vrindavan is about to get green…
Brajwasis Resist SC Order Allowing Felling of 318 Trees for Mathura-Vrindavan Road Widening
Activists who have been opposing the project are praying for recall of the order on the grounds that the objections…
Activist Oppose Govt Move to Fell 318 Trees for Mathura-Vrindavan Road Widening
The government proposal is estimated to affect 4.184 hectares of the protected forest land, in addition to 2.786 hectares sanctioned…
After Driving Sparrows to Extinction, Monkeys Go After Peacocks in Govardhan
According to a government survey conducted a year ago, only 43 peacocks were found in the 21-km-long Govardhan Parikrama where…
Cosmetic measures will not solve Vrindavan’s water woes
The biggest culprit behind Vrindavan’s depleting water reserves is the sheet piling done in the Yamuna as part of the…
Two incidents of waste burning reported in Govardhan in defiance of NGT orders
Following the inclusion of Govardhan in the TTZ (Taj-Trapezium Zone) by NGT, generators, waste and stubble burning, as well as…
Earth Day: Mathura’s green cover grows 3% despite extensive tree plantation drives
A record 96 lakh trees were planted in Mathura district from 2016 to 2021 which is equivalent of a forest.…