NGT-formed committee decides to develop bio-diversity park in Yamuna floodplainThe National Green Tribunal (NGT) had earlier this month formed a high-level committee (HLC) to deal with the issue of pollution in Yamuna ...
28 Jan, 2023, 08.19 PM IST
Austria Development Bank lends 13mn euros for Namami Gange project in BengalAustrian Development Bank OeEB has lent 13 million euros for a sewerage treatment project in West Bengal, an official said on Thursday. Oes...
02 Jun, 2022, 05.24 PM IST
After Ganga, Centre planning to set limits for minimum flow of water for its tributariesIn 2018, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) released the e-flow notification for Ganga, which refers to the quality, quantity and ...
30 Oct, 2021, 02.34 PM IST
Ganga to be safe for bathing in 97 towns in 2 years: Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, NMCG ChiefThe assessment from the country’s Ganga mission comes at a time when the Centre is looking to bring in a new Ganga-centric law with stiff p...
07 Sep, 2020, 06.45 AM IST
Need more data, says ICMR on proposal to undertake study of Ganga water for treating COVID-19The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), an arm of the Jal Shakti Ministry that deal with the rejuvenation programme for the river, had...
07 May, 2020, 05.25 PM IST
Covid-19: Govt body wants research on ‘special properties’ of Ganga waterThe NMCG had on April 24 consulted the CSIR-NEERI scientists after getting proposals from NGO Atulya Ganga and conservationists who sought ...
06 May, 2020, 10.32 AM IST
Zero sewer discharge in Ganga in Varanasi by Nov03 Feb, 2019, 03.18 PM IST
Centre turns to ‘sewage-eating’ microbes to treat Ganga water at 54 new sitesUnder bioremediation technique, the activated microbes eat up contaminants such as oil and organic matter. The bacteria play a vital role i...
30 Oct, 2017, 02.15 PM IST
Centre launches interactive online platform to give corporate push to Ganga cleaningThe exclusive web page, launched by Union water resources minister Nitin Gadkari, carries all details of projects and activities which can ...
11 Oct, 2017, 10.29 PM IST
Contracts awarded for 3 STPs under plan to clean river GangaThe central government will completely fund the STPs construction ensuring that there is no shortage of resources for the project," the NMC...
28 Aug, 2017, 06.48 PM IST
Uma Bharati reaches out to NGT over Mission GangaThe move comes at a time when the NGT has been making strong observations against the government, pulling up agencies.
25 Apr, 2017, 09.35 AM IST
Uma Bharati reaches out to NGT over Mission GangaThe move comes at a time when the NGT has been making strong observations against the government, pulling up agencies.
25 Apr, 2017, 12.10 AM IST
26 projects worth Rs 2,154.28 crore approved for Ganga cleanupIt will create sewage treatment capacity of 188 million litres daily (MLD), setting up 13 new STPs in the states.
08 Apr, 2017, 09.05 PM IST
Namami Gange: NMCG discusses CSR initiatives with corporatesCorporate companies like Aditya Birla Group, and Tata Sons also got fruitfully involved in the event and presented their views, the stateme...
21 Jan, 2017, 01.00 AM IST
20000 youths to be trained, deployed as 'Swachhta Doots'The trained youth would exhort and motivate local population and tourists to refrain from polluting river Ganga.
18 Jan, 2017, 05.31 PM IST
NGT asks NMCG to give detail of industrial clusters near GangaOn October 19, the NGT had constituted a joint inspection team to collect information on the quantum and quality of waste being released in...
13 Jan, 2017, 05.50 PM IST
Government planning to penalise those found guilty of polluting GangaThe Ganga act is being prepared by a panel headed by Justice Girdhar Malviya, and once it is being finalised the bill will be taken up the ...
26 Dec, 2016, 08.25 PM IST