IIT Roorkee launches competition to design advance bio-toiletThis contest is intended to help rejuvenate the Ganges and is being taken up as part of Cognizance 2018, the annual tech festival of IIT Ro...
23 Mar, 2018, 05.32 PM IST
River connectivity on the lines of power grids needed: Nitin GadkariGadkari, who is incharge of Ministry of Water Resources, said that availability of water is not the problem in the country, but people need...
05 Dec, 2017, 05.01 PM IST
Nitin Gadkari eyes 2019 deadline for Ganga qualityPromising to fast-track all projects relating to Ganga cleaning, Union water resources minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said he and his ...
12 Oct, 2017, 08.36 AM IST
Government to focus on water grid, highways-cum-airstrips: Nitin GadkariAnother thrust area is creating a River Grid on par with Power Grid that undertakes transmission of electricity through Inter-State Transmi...
10 Sep, 2017, 11.03 PM IST
Govt unveils steps to curb Ganga silting problemWithin 24 hours of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar reiterating the state’s demand for a national policy on desiltation of the Ganga, the ...
21 May, 2017, 04.37 AM IST
In Gangotri, BJP and Congress on same pageInstead, both BJP and Congress vow to revive two large dams -Loharinag Pala (600MW) and Pala Maneri (480MW) -and operationalise them.
07 Feb, 2017, 01.04 PM IST
Plantation drive across 5 states to revive GangaExperts believe that plantation of trees, like walnut and oak, having high water retention capacity will increase the river's water level i...
23 Mar, 2016, 12.37 PM IST
Plantation drive across 5 states to revive GangaThe identified patches in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal had seen large scale deforestation in the past, lead...
23 Mar, 2016, 12.47 AM IST
This startup’s mosquito-killer mimicks humans to attract and kill mosquitosThese new machines guarantee a get rid of the pesky mosquitoes, attracting them by mimicking the body temperatures of humans and animals.
05 Jun, 2015, 06.51 PM IST
Govt examining recommendations of Ganga restoration panelSanwar Lal Jat said the report submitted on January 31 this year has recommended for "wholesomeness of National River Ganga".
19 Mar, 2015, 04.02 PM IST
Clean Ganga: Government to focus on re-use of effluents, model burning ghatsWater Resources Minister Uma Bharati has finalised a comprehensive programme for Ganga rejuvenation comprising 3 groups, 7 objectives & 21 ...
13 Dec, 2014, 11.12 PM IST
- Shriram Vedire is adviser for Ganga rejuvenation
Software engineer-turned politician and national convenor of BJP's water management cell Shriram Vedire has been appointed as adviser to th...
17 Oct, 2014, 01.00 AM IST
Rejuvenating Ganga: Project to make the river clean & uninterrupted may cost Rs 1 lakh croreIt's a huge amount that gets further magnified when you consider that only Rs 1,825 cr was spent in cleaning Ganga during 1985-2009 in phas...
27 Jul, 2014, 11.56 AM IST
River Ganga to be developed as major tourist destination and navigation corridorUnion tourism and culture minister Shripada Naik said tourism spots will be developed by government all along the banks of Ganga from Gango...
07 Jul, 2014, 02.25 PM IST
Academicians, technocrats, saints, NGOs and policy-makers to discuss Cleaning Ganga projectThe dialogue is being organised by the National Mission for Clean Ganga, currently under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate C...
07 Jul, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
National meet on Ganga cleaning to be held on MondayWith the aim of cleaning and rejuvenating the Ganga river, the Centre is organizing a national level meet on July 7 where spiritual leaders...
06 Jul, 2014, 05.56 PM IST
Water Resource Minister Uma Bharti vows to clean up river Ganga"Efforts will be made to make it clean, as pious as it was in the past with the theme 'aviral Ganga, nirmal Ganga'," Uma Bharti told report...
28 May, 2014, 04.59 PM IST