Gangetic dolphins preservation to get boost
SILCHAR, Oct 11:
SILCHAR, Oct 11:
LUCKNOW: It would take more than just installing a sewage treatment plant (STP) to infuse a fresh lease of life into the dying Gomti. At least, in the opinion of Magsasay award winner, Rajendra Singh, popularly known as `water man of India'.
After declaration of dolphin as
The Centre wants to keep the Ganges River Dolphins in the Delhi zoo to
Sunny Sebastian JAIPUR: The declaration of the Ganges river dolphin as India
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) on Monday approved an ambitious project to prevent the discharge of untreated municipal sewage and industrial effluent into the Ganga by 2020.
NEW DELHI: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has expressed doubts over the capacity of the proposed institutional framework to carry out cleaning of the Ganga and ensure bringing down of pollution as planned by the National Ganga River Basin Authority.
M Madhusudan | New Delhi
The first meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) on Monday failed to agree on the sharing of costs, required to launch a fresh mission to clean up Ganga by 2020, between central and state governments. In an impromptu decision, however, the Authority decided that the endangered Gangetic dolphin will be India
ALARMED over the sharp drop in the number of freshwater dolphins surviving in river systems across the country, the Manmohan Singh government, acting on a proposal made by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, on Monday declared dolphins as a national aquatic animal.
Rs 15k Cr Planned For Clean-Up TWENTY TWO years and Rs 960 crore later, the government plans to spend another Rs 15,000 crore over the next 10 years to make the Ganga river pollution free. This decision was taken at the meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that the newly-formed National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has miserably failed to conserve the holy river by adopting a new approach.
Prime Minister Mmanmohan Singh chaired the first meeting of recentlyset up National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) on Monday, where it was decided to declare dolphins as a national aquatic animal. Dolphins in the country are on the brink of extinction. The Centre also decided to spend additional Rs 1,5000 crores to make the river pollution free within the next ten year.
The CMs of UP and Uttarakhand through which the river flows may participate in Monday's meeting NEW DELHI The newly-formed Ganga River Basin Authority (GRBA) will meet for the first time on Monday under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss ways in which the Ganga can be kept pollution-free.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will chair the first meeting of the newly-constituted National Ganga River Basin Authority on Monday. On the discussion table will be a new concept
Noted human rights crusader Avdhash Kaushal has threatened to return the Padma Shri he had received for environment protection in 1986 if the Central and State governments do not immediately order resumption of construction work for the 480-MW Pala Maneri, 381-MW Bhairav Ghati and 600-MW Lohari Nagpala hydel projects in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand.
From the Himalaya to Male, there are clear signs that climate change is real.
NEW DELHI: Even as the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department has closed down the Upper Ganga Canal for annual maintenance, the Delhi Jal Board has announced that the city will continue to get its share of Ganga water. A senior Delhi Jal Board official said on Tuesday that the canal maintenance work would not affect the Capital
The UP Irrigation Department on Tuesday closed the Upper Ganga Canal for its annual maintenance exercise. A senior Delhi Jal Board (DJB) official said the canal will be closed till Diwali on October 17. A communiqu
It is 2050. A warming climate and accelerated snowmelt have reduced the dry season flow in the Indus to a trickle. Pakistan backs out from the Indus Waters Treaty and demands international intervention against India to increase its share of water flow.