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A pail of water may unleash India's ₹20 lakh crore opportunityIndia faces a significant water crisis, with demand projected to double supply by 2030, creating a massive ₹20 lakh crore investment opport...
Bengal plans dolphin parks, Ganga Aarti on Hooghly under Namami Gange pushWest Bengal is set to establish two dolphin parks, including one in Contai. The state will also undertake extensive cleaning of the Hooghly...
Ganga cleanliness no longer matter of opinion, data shows improvement: National mission bodyScientific data now proves the Ganga river is getting cleaner. Twelve years of the Namami Gange programme have led to measurable improvemen...
Afforestation, dolphin revival show life returning to Ganga under Namami Gange: NMCGThe Namami Gange program has brought ecological revival to the Ganga river. Large-scale afforestation efforts have led to forest cover alon...
10 Ganga basin cities adopting integrated river-sensitive urban planning: Namami GangeIn a post on X, Namami Gange, the mission's flagship programme for conserving the Ganga river, said the URMP initiative is an attempt to re...
Wastewater turning into resource: NMCG pitches circular water economy modelSewage is now seen as a resource in India. Treated wastewater is replacing freshwater use in industries. Projects are underway to supply tr...
NGT issues notice to Centre over hanging glacier danger in central HimalayaThe National Green Tribunal has sought responses from the Centre and other bodies concerning the danger posed by hanging glaciers in the ce...
National Mission for Clean Ganga gets tax exemption statusThe Finance Ministry has granted income tax exemption to the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), effective from the assessment year 20...
Society needs to think cleaning Ganga is its responsibility not just govt's job: Jal Shakti ministerSociety needs to consider cleaning the Ganga river as its responsibility and not see it as just the government's job, Jal Shakti minister G...
National Mission for Clean Ganga gets registered in Guinness Book of World Records"Lakhs of entries were recorded during the one-hour duration of the activity. The participation of people from all walks of life was partic...
Citizens drink Ganga water out of reverence without knowing harmful contents, says NGTThe panel stressed on notifying the extent of harmful contents at appropriate locations including at Ganga Sagar in West Bengal. It said st...
Innocent citizens drink Ganga water out of reverence without knowing harmful contents: NGTThe panel stressed on notifying the extent of harmful contents at appropriate locations including at Ganga Sagar in West Bengal. It said st...
- ‘Clean Ganga’ model for other rivers: Shah
Even a drop of pollution in Ganga is matter of concern: NGTThe tribunal also asked the concerned states to take the matter seriously and assist the bench with precise information either through seni...
Army of ex-servicemen to protect Ganga, patrol ghatsThe Indian Army is raising a battalion of 532 ex-servicemen named ‘Ganga Task Force’, including nine officers and 29 JCOs
Company to be set up for rollout of river cleaning projectsPrincipal secretaries of all riparian states and municipal commissioners of big civic bodies will be on the company’s board.
1,263 dolphins sighted in Ganga & tributariesAs many as 1,263 dolphins have been sighted in 3,350 km stretch of Ganga and its tributaries in Uttar Pradesh starting from the barrage in ...
- River Ganga likely to be clean by 2020: Government
Cleaning of river Ganga is expected to be completed by 2020, by which time desired results of initiatives taken up for the purpose will be ...
Kolkata, Kanpur, Allahabad among top Ganga polluters: GovernmentBharti said the National Mission for Clean Ganga has received expression of interest from a number of foreign governments to support Ganga ...
6 sewage plants to be set up as first step in Ganga cleaningKicking off the process to implement its ambitious clean Ganga mission, the Centre has sanctioned six new sewage treatment plants (STPs) fo...