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 …
IIT-Roorkee's study is a recipe for disaster. Instead of assessing the danger to Ganga's tributaries from existing hydro-power projects it bats for more.
Pollution is passe. Millions of Kumbh pilgrims bathing in the Ganga did not know they were taking a plunge right in the filth of untreated sewage. A CAG report reveals the shocking saga of the Uttarakhand government's callous mismanagement.
Just a few days before Swami Nigamanand died while on a fast to protest state-sponsored sand mining and stone crushing along the Ganga near Haridwar, the Uttarakhand government ordered a ban on mining activities in the region considered sacred. Millions of pilgrims visit the place to take a dip in …
Swami Nigamananda. He had been fasting for almost four months to protest against illegal mining and stone-crushing along the Ganga near Haridwar before he died at Himalayan Hospital in Dehra Dun on June 13. EVEN as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders made a song and dance about Baba Ramdev's “fast …
The temperature rose on Sunday after rains eluded most places in the northern region including the National Capital, while heavy downpour in Uttar Pradesh led to river Sharda crossing the danger mark. In Uttar Pradesh, Birdghat (Gorakhpur) received 102 mm of rain and Siddhartha Nagar had 96.6 mm during the …
Haridwar: Following the ban on their activities in 2010, Himalaya stone crushers first obtained a stay order against which Nigamanand went on a fast-unto-death. The sadhu died and now Himalaya stone crushers have appealed against the ban in the Supreme Court. In December 2010, the court had banned its operations, …
The work for procuring and distributing the Ganga water in the city has finally been begun by the Greater Noida Authority. The Authority will begin mixing 85 cusecs of Ganga water with groundwater across the city by 2012. The project will cost Rs 300 crore. According to GNIDA sources, "Groundwater …
NOIDA: The Greater Noida Authority has finally begun work for procuring and distributing Ganga water in the city. The Authority will begin supplying 85 cusecs of Ganga water mixed with groundwater across the city by 2012 at a cost of Rs 300 crore. Following a meeting earlier this month, the …
Hyderabad Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday warned Uttrakhand of central intervention if the state government fails to take action against illegal sand mining in the state. Ramesh slammed the Uttarakhand government for its inaction against the illegal sand mining in the state and said that sending show-cause or …
Kanpur: Union environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said the Centre would put a blanket ban on sand mining across India. Coming down heavily on the Uttarakhand government, he said the Centre would take action under the Environment Protection Act if the state did not stop illegal sand …
Around 80,000 people living in Manikchak are in panic with rains bringing to halt anti-erosion work along a 4km stretch of the Ganga. Heavy rain last night inundated low-lying areas in Malda district and increased water levels in many rivers. People of Domhat in Manikchak have rued that the anti-erosion …
There are 45 stone crushing units in Haridwar district engaged in mining of gravel from the Ganga river bed. Maitri Sadan, the ashram where Swami Nigamanand Saraswati sat on a 68-day fast that led to his death, had, however, initiated a campaign against only one of them. The Himalayan Stone …
Setting a three-week deadline for the Uttarakhand government, environment minister Jairam Ramesh today warned if it did not stop illegal sand mining in the Ganges by then, action would be taken under the provisions of the Environment Protection Act. "The Uttarakhand government has (so far) demonstrated reluctance to take action …
New Delhi: Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh has gone ahead and paved the legal ground to regulate development work along 135 kilometres of the Bhagirathi river from Gaumukh to Uttarkashi after the Uttarakhand government failed to do so. In a letter to the BJP chief minister of the hill state, …
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has asked the Uttarakhand government to take action to stop illegal river bed mining in Ganga, particularly around Haridwar. This latest missive comes on the heels of the death of Swami Nigamanand, who was protesting against mining in the Ganga. Ramesh's strongly worded letter to Uttarakhand …
OUR BUREAU New Delhi A test conducted on samples of water of the Ganges, lifted at nine sites, has revealed that it is not fit for use even in farming, let alone for human use. The Delhi- based Shriram Institute for Industrial Research and STAR News carried out the research …
