Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajendra Prasad Gupta Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. Counsel appearing for the state of Uttar Pradesh submitted that the action plan to prevent the discharge of untreated sewage and industrial effluents in river Ganga is ready …
Events around World Water Day, which is marked every year on March 22, may remind everyone about the implications of dwindling water reserves due to population pressure and pollution but the message is, somehow, lost in absence of adequate action on the ground by stakeholders, including the government. The water …
The Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation had a plan allocation of Rs.13237 Cr. during 2014-15. The work relating to the River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation was transferred to this Ministry on 31.7.2014; the Namami Gange project is still at an approval stage. As a result of …
Uttar Pradesh Government has issued directions to authorities to stop the practice of dumping dead bodies directly into rivers, after 81 bodies were recovered from Ganga in Unnao district of the state early this year, the Lok Sabha was told today. The recovery of the bodies was probably either due …
More than twothird of the sewage generated by 118 towns located in the Ganga basin gets discharged into the river untreated, which makes Ganga rejuvenation an all the more arduous task. A recent study by experts from different government agencies has concluded that the towns, spread across five states, generate …
More than two-thirds of the sewage generated in 118 towns, located along the Ganga river basin is discharged into the river untreated, says a report prepared by a team of experts. The towns collectively generate over 3,636 million litres per day (MLD) of sewage while the treatment capacity of the …
Acting on an Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board (UPCB) report, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed a technical monitoring committee to conduct a survey into untreated sewage waste being discharged into the Ganga by ashrams in the holy towns of Haridwar and Rishikesh. Speaking to TOI on Thursday, Ankur Kansal, …
More industries along Ganga will face closure and penal action for polluting the river. Principal committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal in its first meeting held on February 25 revised the guidelines to also identify seriously polluting industries along with grossly polluting ones that pose threat to the national …
Varanasi: The temple town Varanasi and other cities and towns situated on the banks of the Ganga will have automatic water quality monitoring system on the river under real time data network for water management programme. The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) cell of the Central Pollution Control Board …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought an inspection of the Century Pulp and Paper Mill, Nainital, by a team comprising representatives of the Union ministry of environment and forests and central and state pollution control boards. The NGT has also nominated a professor of IIT Roorkee as part of the …
Nagpur: Waterman of India Rajendra Singh is extremely disappointed with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis' decision to scrap the River Regulation Zone (RRZ) policy which has endangered the very existence of rivers. The Magsaysay Award winner had met Fadnavis in Nashik and urged him to implement river rejuvenation scheme. He had …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh Vs. New Jawed Tannery 480/379 Wajidpur Jajmau & Others dated 03/03/2015 regarding pollution of river Ganga by industries in Uttar Pradesh.
(Bloomberg) -- India is spending 59 billion rupees ($956 million) on sewage and waste treatment to begin cleaning its biggest and holiest waterway, the Ganges River. Of the 80 effluent treatment and water-monitoring projects planned by the National Ganga River Basin Authority in five states, 25 have been completed, Sanwar …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Rizwan Tanning Industry Vs. U.P.P.C.B. dated 23/02/2015 regarding industrial pollution of river Ganga, Uttar Pradesh.
A follower of Matri Sadan, Atmabodhan, began an indefinite hunger-strike here on Thursday demanding action to end the illegal mining and stone crushing operations along Ganga in Haridwar district. Swami Shivanand, mentor of Matri Sadan, said that despite repeated orders issued by the court and the Chief Minister, illegal mining …
Finance minister Arun Jaitley is likely to provide tax incentives in Budget to encourage companies to participate in Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and Clean Ganga campaign as part of the mandatory 2% CSR spending. “The ministry is working on tax incentives for these two major schemes of the Narendra Modi government …
