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Now is not the time for patience, but for action, she says Union Minister for Water Resources Uma Bharti issued a warning on Wednesday to those polluting the Ganga, and said the Union government would leave no stone unturned to clean up the river. Speaking at a dialogue on industrial …
All polluting industries along the river Ganga will have to set up sensor-based real-time online effluent monitoring system by March 31 next year. The government on Wednesday said it was serious about the deadline with water resources minister Uma Bharti issuing a veiled threat to industries—-mend your ways or face …
The water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation minister, Uma Bharti, suggested on Tuesday that "electric" crematoriums should not be used on river banks and instead bodies should be burnt in a traditional way with minimum use of wood. She said that religious leaders - "sadhus" - have not approved …
Presence of fresh water zones below the upper saline layers in the deserts of Jaisalmer, arsenic-free aquifer after the top zone in Bihar and water-bearing aquifer at a depth of 200 metres in the hard rock areas of Tumkur, Karnataka are among some of interesting findings that emerged from Heliborne …
In right earnest to prevent floods and water shortage VIT University Chancellor G. Viswanathan has appealed to the Central government to take up river link project to solve the water shortage faced by many States. Inaugurating a 5-day training programme on ‘Sustainable Development and Management of Ground Water Resources,’ organised …
Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti has said that the Eco Sensitive Zone, which was announced by the previous Central Government, needs to be reviewed because they seemed to have made it without doing proper homework. She further said that the Prime Minister Narendra …
Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti has exhorted scientists of the Forest Research Institute to help in the restoration of ecological and spiritual aspects of Ganga rejuvenation. The Minister showed keen interest in the research activities of the institute particularly with respect to the …
The state said it would create new solid waste management systems at a cost of Rs 829.66 cr The Uttarakhand government on Wednesday submitted its Rs 9,478-crore action plan to the Centre to clean the Ganga from Gaumukh to Haridwar in the state. Government officials said in its plan submitted …
The 100-kilometre stretch between Gaumukh and Uttarkashi, which was notified as an eco-sensitive zone in December 2012 raised the ire of the local population due to lack of awareness regarding the notification and the wrong approach to its implementation, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Uma Bharti said …
Union Minister Uma Bharti on Sunday reiterated her commitment to clean river Ganga and promised to do so in three years while asserting that she would not entertain any questions in this regard before the task was achieved. “I am being asked many questions on the cleaning of Ganga, but …
A flood hitting Srinagar would leave "most parts of the city submerged", a senior official of the department had told a local daily. The report was uncannily spoton. A deluge of warnings on J&K; ignored they knew it was coming. They must have because there were enough warnings, and the …
Although the state government has targeted to operate the first phase of National Waterway-5 (NW-5), linking Dhamra-Paradip-Kalinga Nagar by 2017, delay in getting environment clearance for certain stretches is likely to push the deadline. The waterway would pass close to Bhitarkanika National Park and Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary, hub of the …
The Supreme Court said it seems that steps taken so far will not lead to cleaning of Ganga even after 200 years The Narendra Modi government’s ambitious poll promise to depollute river Ganga came under severe scrutiny on Wednesday in the Supreme Court which said it seems that steps taken …
A proposal for forest clearance to the Ken-Betwa river-interlinking project, which involves diverting 6,000 hectares of the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, has been put up to the Environment Ministry's statutory appraisal panel. About 80 per cent of forests required for the project fall in the tiger reserve on …
Keeping Supreme Court's deadline in mind, the government may come out with a blue-print of its Ganga rejuvenation plan by the weekend. This even as Union water resources minister Uma Bharti on Wednesday emphasized that the river would be free from most of its pollution within three years. "We want …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday warned the Narendra Modi government against adopting the UPA regime's approach on cleaning the Ganga and said people were eagerly awaiting the Centre's response on this issue of great national importance. "Are you cleaning the holy river? That is in your (BJP's election) manifesto also," …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday criticized the government for not moving rapidly to clean up the Ganga, despite promises in the BJP's manifesto, and instead focusing on low-priority areas, in what is being seen as a veiled allusion to the judicial appointments bill which is currently before Parliament. “Where is …
Aligning its ambitious clean Ganga mission with the goal of overall development of the river, the government has formally transferred its nodal agency — National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) — from environment ministry to water resources ministry. Besides, mission directorate of the 'National Mission for clean Ganga' and other …
The Government has cleared 153 flood control proposals with an estimated cost of Rs 6,374 crore but 14 proposals were returned due to non-eligibility or technical faults, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday by Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati. She said 412 flood management proposals with an overall estimated …
The environment in Punjab continues to be a casualty as the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) — the State’s nodal agency to control pollution — has neither formulated required environmental standards, nor prepared a comprehensive programme to check water pollution in the State. Even the interrupted flow of funds left …
