India calls out fake videos, rumours about release of water from Farakka Barrage"We have seen media reports of the opening of Farakka barrage gates that will allow the flow of over 11 lakh cusecs of water downstream of ...
27 Aug, 2024, 07.16 AM IST
Mamata Banerjee objects to Teesta talks with Bangladesh without Bengal, Centre says claim 'false'The Centre dismissed West Bengal's claim of not being consulted on the Internal Review of the India-Bangladesh Treaty of 1996 on Sharing of...
25 Jun, 2024, 07.14 AM IST
Ganga siltation on Centre's radarKumar had blamed the deposit of silt in the Ganga for the “slow discharge of water“ from the Farakka Dam, which, he claimed, had led to flo...
08 Aug, 2017, 11.46 AM IST
- Bihar CM urges Centre to address issue of siltation in Ganga river01 Apr, 2017, 09.29 PM IST
A national silt policy being prepared to desilt all rivers to deal with floodsSeeking to handle threat of floods in many parts of the country during Monsoon, the Centre will soon come out with a national silt policy w...
17 Mar, 2017, 10.49 PM IST
Farakka barrage is a curse for Bihar: ExpertsSingh was addressing an international seminar, organised by Bihar's Water Resources Department, on "Incessant Ganga" on the second day.
26 Feb, 2017, 07.10 PM IST
Siltation in River Ganga a big challenge: Nitish KumarHe said this while addressing the alumni meet of NIT, Patna, formerly known as Bihar College of Engineering, at the college campus.
05 Feb, 2017, 10.27 PM IST
31 villages hit by flood in Malda, 100 houses lost in erosionThe river breached a two km stretch of an embankment and took just an hour to destroy the area in which those houses were standing.
31 Jul, 2016, 12.49 AM IST
Committee constituted for Desiltation of GangaCommittee has also been asked to establish difference between desilting and sand mining and also to establish need for desilting for ecolog...
22 Jul, 2016, 04.21 PM IST
River info system to act like air traffic control: Nitin GadkariA river information system similar to air traffic control will now keep vigil on waterway traffic just the way it's done in Europe, Gadkari...
06 Jan, 2016, 08.19 PM IST
Government clears land transfer from Farakka project to IWAIA navigational Lock is already in operation at Farakka under the control of Farakka Barrage Project (FBP) since 1987. This lock needs moder...
06 Jan, 2016, 04.31 PM IST
Union Minister Uma Bharati in Jharkhand on 'Clean Ganga Mission'Uma Bharati told the media she would also discuss about Swarnarekha multi-purpose project tomorrow before proceeding to Sahibganj.
02 Feb, 2015, 11.00 PM IST
Jindal ITF, Sula Shipping join hands for NTPC's Farakka trans-shipment project of coalA Jindal Saw statement on Wednesday said the partnership would increase the efficiency of the NTPC-Farakka waterways project.
27 Aug, 2014, 06.35 PM IST
Nitin Gadkari’s Ganga waterway plan not new, NTPC already using similar cargo corridorNTPC looked at Ganga as an alternative to overcome bottlenecks in transporting coal to its eastern powerhouses by rail.
09 Jun, 2014, 12.43 PM IST
NTPC's Farakka project gets domestic coal via inland waterwaysThe Farakka Super Thermal Power Station started the movement of imported coal by barges through inland waterway last year.
08 Jun, 2014, 12.15 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee blames Centre for overlooking West Bengal's water interestsWest Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee blamed Centre for releasing water from Teesta and Farakka barrages to Bangladesh overlooking interest of the...
06 Nov, 2013, 09.31 PM IST
Rapid decline in commercially important fishes in GangaIt is ironical that Patnaites consume fishes imported from Andhra Pradesh despite the city situated on the bank of the Ganga.The number of ...
07 Jul, 2013, 02.53 AM IST