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The State government is studying the NGT directive to demolish all the unauthorized constructions along the banks of the Wahumkhrah and Umshyrpi rivers, said Chief Minister Mukul Sangma. Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, Sangma said that the State Government has even constituted a committee comprising urban legislators to convince …
Ranchi: The state model will guide the Ganga cleaning exercise in India, Union minister for Ganga rejuvenation and water resources Uma Bharti said on Tuesday after she formally set the ball rolling for a massive cleaning exercise of the holy river in Jharkhand. The authorities have decided to begin working …
Union water resources minister Uma Bharti on Monday said the Centre has allocated Rs900 crore for the three intra-river linking projects received from Bihar, maintaining that their successful implementation would also serve as a model for other states. Of the sum, Rs500 crore has been released and the remaining Rs400 …
Germany will provide 3 million Euro to support India's ongoing Ganga rejuvenation plan and explore various options to develop the country's national river. One of the options is to explore an option of extending co-operation for Ganga rejuvenation on the lines of Indo-German Energy Forum - a dedicated platform to …
Maharashtra and Gujarat are likely to sign a memorandum of understanding on two interlinking projects – Damanganga-Pinjal and Par-Tapi-Narmada – in April. While the Maharashtra Government was ready to sign the Damanganga-Pinjal link, it is learnt that the Gujarat Government had insisted on signing both the deals together. The key …
Irked over high pollution level of Godavari and Shipra rivers, Shankaracharya of Puri Swami Adhokshyanada has shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding a plan for the purification of both rivers and a written assurance in this regard. The next Kumbh would be held on the banks …
In the wake of the unprecedented floods which caused havoc last year in Jammu and Kashmir, the state is all set to get its first, modern Flood Forecasting System with the Central Water Commission (CWC) planning to set up such facilities at about 25 sites in Kashmir Valley. According to …
Bringing another regulatory mechanism and clearance regime to the digital domain, the Centre will launch an online system this month to issue no objection certificate (NOC) to industries, local bodies and domestic users for extraction of ground water. The online system will work on the basis of updated data on …
Ganga will be totally cleaned by 2018, the Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court, which had sought to know whether the government was serious about completing the clean-up exercise during its current tenure or wanted to keep it alive as a poll issue for the next general elections. “Absolutely …
With interlinking of rivers (ILR) project high on its agenda, the Narendra Modi government is working on a new water-sharing arrangement to "revive the ailing Yamuna and benefit Upper Yamuna river basin states" — Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti, who said …
Keen to ensure that river Ganga gets rid of pollution in line with its poll promise, the BJP government has sought the support of the Territorial Army to constitute the Ganga Task Force that would prevent people from further polluting the holy river and monitor the developmental activities on its …
Close on the lines of the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad--the drying river was linked with Narmada Canal so that it received water supply--the UP government is planning to feed clean water from Indira Canal to the drying Gomti through an aquaduct ahead of Chinhat. Indira Canal emerges from the river …
Laying emphasis on the need for interlinking of rivers, Union water resources minister Uma Bharti on Thursday said the ambitious project once completed would bring about 90 per cent of arable land under irrigation. “Interlinking of rivers would enhance irrigation facilities to 90 per cent of farm lands in the …
Taking a serious view of dumping of garbage around the Ganga, the National Green Tribunal has sought the Centre's response on a plea seeking directions for disposal of solid wastes on the bank of the river accumulated during Kartik Poornima fair in Uttar Pradesh. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought replies from the Centre, the Ministry of Water Resources and the Uttar Pradesh Government on a petition highlighting huge amount of solid and human waste being disposed of in the river Ganga during the annual Kartik Poornima Fair, famously known as ‘Ganga Snan’. …
Uttar Pradesh has refused to give no objection certificate to some irrigation projects in Uttarakhand Despite the intervention of the supreme court, Uttar Pradesh has refused to settle its 14-year irrigation dispute with Uttarakhand. After the apex court order, the Union water resources ministry had asked the Uttar Pradesh government …
Union water resources and Ganga rejuvenation minister Uma Bharati on Friday announced that major drains would either be tapped or diverted in the next 45 days to prevent further pollution of Ganga. Following inspection of major drains discharging waste in Ganga in the city , she also ruled out ban …
NAGPUR : Union minister of water resources and river development & Ganga rejuvenation Uma Bharti has assured to ensure approval of Nag river rejuvenation project. Mayor Pravin Datke and municipal commissioner Shyam Wardhane briefed her about the proposal pending with the central government during her visit to the city on …
Merely months into the Narendra Modi regime, a cherished Sangh Parivar project is being reactivated-the quest for the long-lost Saraswati river, venerated in Vedic texts. While the BJP government under Atal Bihari Vajpayee and tourism and culture minister Jagmohan Malhotra had directed scientific and archaeological resources into tracing Saraswati, the …
Software engineer-turned politician and national convenor of BJP's water management cell Shriram Vedire has been appointed as adviser to the ministry of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation. The appointment was made on Thursday when the government brought in senior IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre Anuj Kumar Bishnoi …
