Delhi Jal Board has overcome water supply problem, plant at full capacity: Raghav Chadha"We treat the raw Ganges water which comes from the Upper Ganga Canal at Muradnagar and provides it to the citizens of Delhi. But due to th...
15 Feb, 2021, 07.10 PM IST
Closure of Upper Ganga Canal for maintenance to affect water supply in parts of DelhiWater treated by the Bhagirathi and Sonia Vihar plants is supplied to east Delhi and south Delhi areas. The flow from the Upper Ganga Canal...
18 Oct, 2020, 09.23 PM IST
Retreat of Gangotri glacier will not impact the flow of river Ganga drastically, says governmentRetreat of Gangotri glacier will not have drastic influence on the flow of Ganga as the river is not totally dependent on glaciers for its ...
26 Jul, 2016, 07.13 PM IST
- ‘Give report on Ganga clean drive’
A team of the Uttarakhand Human Rights Commission (UHRC), after spending three days at Gangotri near the source of the Ganga, and witnessin...
06 Oct, 2015, 07.23 AM IST
Uma Bharti flags off Ganga river rafting expedition from DevprayagUnderlining the need to keep the flow of the river unobstructed to keep it clean, she said only run-of-the-river dam projects will be given...
02 Oct, 2015, 08.30 PM IST
Government forms panel to review reports on Ganga Hydropower projectsThe NDA government has finally taken the first step towards formulating a policy for hydropower projects on the Ganga — Alakananda and Bhag...
10 Nov, 2014, 03.59 PM IST
Government to form teams to identify source of Ganga pollutionThe exercise, which is expected to be completed before the commencement of summer, would be subsequently carried out in all the Ganga-flowi...
02 Nov, 2014, 11.14 AM IST
- Govt to form teams to identify source of Ganga pollution
Expediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project of cleansing the Ganga, the Centre will be constituting 25 special teams to check the...
02 Nov, 2014, 10.36 AM IST
- UP fixes Ganga canal breach, restores water supply to Delhi
Water supply in western UP farming districts like Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Ghaziabad, Bulandshar, Aligarh and Mathura has also been restored.
24 May, 2013, 01.44 PM IST
Water crisis in Delhi as UP fixes breach in upper Ganga canalVarious areas in East and South Delhi faced water shortage as UP cut raw water supply to the city from the upper Ganga canal to fix a breac...
17 May, 2013, 07.25 PM IST
Dams may dry up Ganga, warns ministerial groupRecognizing that the plethora of dams built could almost empty Ganga, an inter-ministerial group has recommended that the projects be re-en...
11 Apr, 2013, 09.24 AM IST
- Dams may dry up Ganga, warns ministerial group
An inter-ministerial group has recommended that the projects in Ganga basin be re-engineered to maintain 30-50% of water flow in the lean p...
11 Apr, 2013, 02.50 AM IST
- World's largest delta fast disappearing into sea
The world's largest delta, Ganga-Bhagirathi, is slowly disappearing into the sea, finds a study by river expert Kalyan Rudra.
18 Aug, 2012, 08.20 PM IST
- Environmentalist Agrawal sits on fast in Haridwar
Noted environmentalist G D Agrawal has begun an indefinite fast over the cleanliness of Ganga river in Matri Sadan ashram.
10 Feb, 2012, 05.21 PM IST
- Noted environmentalist embraces sanyas
GD Agrawal takes diksha & becomes Swami Gyanswaroop Anand but vows to keep fighting for Ganga.
04 Jul, 2011, 01.49 AM IST
- Receding of Gangotri glacier natural: Govt
Despite fears that the flow of the Bhagirathi, the main tributary of the Ganga, is falling in volume, the government has said there is no s...
30 Apr, 2008, 01.49 AM IST
- Centre okays Rs 8,000 cr package for flood-affected states
The Union Government on Friday approved in principle, a Rs 8,000 crore package for flood control programmes that includes pending schemes i...
02 Nov, 2007, 09.30 PM IST