India, July 25 -- Solid waste has been found dumped at 33 locations along the Shahdara and Sahibi drains -- which join the Yamuna river -- between May 2025 and April 2026, as per assessment by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC).

The CPCB stated the above in a response given to the National Green Tribunal, as part of a case about a news report from April 2026 stating that waste from the Okhla landfill was being dumped near the Yamuna.

In its response, the CPCB has stated that the board, along with National Mission for Clean Ganga, has "identified the need to expand the existing water quality monitoring network to include Yamuna and its major contributing drains Sahibi river (Najafg...