- Clean Ganga programme not flowing smoothly
The programme lost momentum in July last year when various entry-level projects under it were launched, after changes involving the NGRBA, ...
07 Apr, 2017, 08.28 PM IST
Centre approves 20 projects worth Rs 1,900 crore under ‘Clean Ganga’ mission“This approved plan is aimed at treating sewage water generated by not only city’s 1.5 lakh local dwellers, but also by people who visit th...
16 Mar, 2017, 03.34 AM IST
Centre approves Ganga cleaning projects worth over Rs 1,900 crore15 Mar, 2017, 04.28 PM IST
Indian, Germany sign agreement to rejuvenate Ganga16 Apr, 2016, 09.46 AM IST
Besides Ganga, 254 polluted river stretches too require attentionThe Central Pollution Control Board had last year identified polluted river stretches and found the number of such stretches had increased ...
25 Jan, 2016, 12.50 PM IST
For Ganga, inspiration flows from Rhine, once among dirtiest riversAs India stares at the mammoth task of cleaning the Ganga, it is the Rhine river of western Europe, which has caught the attention of polic...
21 Aug, 2015, 12.25 PM IST
'Zero discharge policy' goes for a toss as half the sewage in Ganga is from six cities along itMore than half the total sewage discharged into the Ganga every day comes from six big cities with Kolkata, Kanpur and Varanasi leading the...
29 Apr, 2015, 12.08 PM IST
Centre to take up cleaning of Yamuna, other rivers"As we have been able to develop more plans for Ganga, we will take it to Yamuna and other rivers all over the country," he told reporters.
30 Mar, 2015, 10.04 PM IST
Centre seeks action plans from municipalities, ULBs on GangaPrakash Javadekar said that Ganga River improvement project is the first of the government’s project to clean and improve all the rivers in...
26 Mar, 2015, 05.55 AM IST
37,000 million litres of sewage flows into rivers daily: ReportEvents around World Water Day, which is marked every year on March 22, may remind everyone about the implications of dwindling water reserv...
23 Mar, 2015, 11.47 AM IST
Government plans dedicated institute for Ganga rejuvenationAs part of its efforts to relieve the Ganga of the clutches of pollution, the government has planned to establish an institute dedicated fo...
14 Dec, 2014, 11.55 AM IST
Cleaning river Ganga is not about ridding it of pollutants, it needs strong restoration driveWithin its first 100 days in office, the government has made a start in this direction. It has formed a new ministry of river development a...
28 Aug, 2014, 05.01 AM 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
- Film on Ganga to highlight its plight
A seminar and screening of a 24-minute-long documentary film to protect the Ganga from getting further polluted will be organized by the Wo...
05 Jul, 2012, 04.39 AM IST
- Clean up the Ganga; Remember the Thames
The World Bank has sanctioned a loan, worth $1 billion, to the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA), to clean up the Ganga.
03 Jun, 2011, 08.18 AM IST
- Centre sanctions Rs 315.34 cr fund to check pollution in Ganga
In a bid to check pollution in river Ganga in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district, the National Ganga River Basin Authority has sanctioned a...
10 Feb, 2010, 07.45 PM IST
- No municipal, industrial waste will flow into Ganga by 2020
The government has decided that no untreated municipal sewage or industrial effluent will be allowed to be released to river Ganga by 2020,...
25 Nov, 2009, 05.19 PM IST