Gaps in GAP
The Ganga Action Plan has many flaws, but work on cleaning the river should continue
The Ganga Action Plan has many flaws, but work on cleaning the river should continue
Concentrations of butyltin compounds (mono-, di-, and tri-butyltin) were determined in dolphin (Platanista gangetica), fish, invertebrates and sediment collected from the River Ganges, India, in order to understand the contamination levels, sources, and potential for biomagnification in freshwater food chains.
Clearing the Ganga, is their mission even if it means fishing out scores of bodies from the river
the river Ganga may not flow for ever. Studies show that the source of the river the Gangotri glacier is shrinking at an alarming rate. If the trend continues, the river may dry up in about
The Allahabad High Court has ordered closure of all industrial units on the banks of the river Ganga in the state which had not installed effluent treatment plants. A division bench comprising
A recent study says that the Ganga Action Plan has led to some improvement in the water quality of the Ganga
Ever since the inception of Bangladesh in 1972 its politics have been featured by several types of seemingly endemic conflict, some of which have been associated with either periodic outbursts of violence
<p>The basin area of the Ganges river in Bangladesh is extremely dependent on a regular water supply from upstream to meet requirements for agriculture, fisheries, navigation, salinity control, domestic and industrial sectors. In 1975 India commissioned a barrage on the Ganga river at Farakka to divert significant portion of the dry season flow in order to make the Calcutta port navigable.
Even as Kanpur's administrators gear up for the delayed Phase-II of the Ganga Action Plan (GAP), work left over from Phase-I has stirred up an agitation. On World Environment day, June 6,
<p>Read this chapter from the report "floods, flood plains and environmental myths" published by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), that broke many myths about floods in the Himalaya.</p>
Environmental squads to monitor and control pollution may soon make their appearance all over the country, as per a recent Supreme Court order. The squads will mainly play the role of watchdogs,
Indo Bangladesh water talks seem to have taken a positive turn while critics still consider the issue a washed out case
A Supreme Court order has put the fate of the ambitious Ganga Action Plan in doubt
THERE will be few who will disagree with the Supreme Court judgement that over Rs 420 crore have been washed away in the first phase of the Ganga Action Plan (GAP) Without any significant
This is a river straining against captivity
DOES THE ago-old belief in Ganga's incorruptibility hold water? Yes, says environmental engineer D S Bhargava of Roorkee University, who believes that this is what has led to apathy towards the
Kanpur -- the second most polluted city on the Ganga after Calcutta -- has come under the microscope during the first phase of the Ganga Action Plan (GAP). However, the city's residents will have to
Effluents from a liquor factory in Banka district spell doom for many villages around the unit and also pollute the Ganga.
The Ganga Mukti Andolan is endeavouring to free a stretch of the Ganga and the exploited fisherfolk that derive their livelihood from it from the clutches of landowners and mafia gangs.
Even though Ganga Action Plan I, initiated seven years ago, has fallen short of expectations, work has already begun on the ambitious Yamuna Action Plan.