Ganga River water unfit for direct drinking, bathing: CPCBA map released by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) shows high level of coliform bacteria in the river.
'Ganga pollution rise claim unscientific'Referring to CPCB data of the last six years, the Mission said the DO level has, in fact, been found to be within "acceptable limits" of no...
File report on power plants on Ganga or pay fine: NGT to CPCBThe tribunal was hearing a plea filed by NGO Indian Council for Enviro Legal Action seeking regulation of thermal power plants located in t...
NGT flags lack of universally acceptable data on drains polluting GangaThe green panel has divided the work of cleaning the river into five segments -- Gomukh to Haridwar, Haridwar to Unnao (segment B of Phase-...
Ganga water has heavy metal, pesticide traces: CPCB
Sewage in Ganga: NGT show cause notice to five municipal bodiesA bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar slammed the municipal bodies of Mirzapur, Chunar, Bhadohi, Fatehpur and Hastinapu...
NGT directs Centre to take clear stand on Ganga rejuvenationThe National Green Tribunal today directed the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government to take a clear stand on a mechanism to clean the river ...
Government to take suitable action against polluting unitsCPCB had issued directions to respective State Pollution Control Boards for directing the industrial units located in Ganga basin states.
- 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 ...
Water ministry urges not to extend OCMS installation deadlineWater Resources Ministry urged Prakash Javadekar not to extend the June 30 deadline for installing real-time monitoring of effluents by pol...
764 industries 'grossly polluting' Ganga: Sanwar Lal JatAn inspection report done by CPCB under a direction from National Green Tribunal has been placed in public domain, Jat said.
- SC asks National Green Tribunal to shut down industries polluting Ganga
The SC on Wednesday entrusted the NGT with the task of closing down industries polluting the Ganga which fail to install adequate anti-poll...
- Names empanelled for CPCB chief scrapped twice
A bench headed by Justice T S Thakur had expressed serious reservations over the post of CPCB chairman remaining vacant since February 2012...
Supreme Court might intervene in Ganga cleaning issue to ensure speedy workA three-judge bench led by Justice TS Thakur initially suggested that it would set up an extrastatutory body, reporting to it.
Central Pollution Control Board uploads list of units polluting Ganga on its website"A list of 972 polluting industries has been uploaded on the CPCB website," Minister of State for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar...
- 764 industries, 5 states behind Ganga pollution, National Green Tribunal informed
The information was provided to the tribunal through a joint affidavit filed by the Union Environment Ministry and the National Ganga River...
- Ramesh launches clean technology for leather industry
Ramesh has made it clear that if industrial units do not voluntarily adopt technologies to reduce pollution, he will not hesitate to use th...