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 …
Besides causing huge losses to the state exchequer, illegal mining is impacting the ecology of the region drastically. In most of the mining areas, the Ganga
India signed a loan agreement with the World Bank yesterday to bring funds for cleaning the Ganga. Two other agreements with the bank aim at strengthening rural livelihood and conservation of biodiversity through a new model. While the river-cleaning project is worth $1 billion (around Rs 4,600 crore), the two …
The death of a fasting sadhu in Dehradun has triggered a political storm with the Congress and the BJP blaming each other for it. The BJP tried to wash its hands of the death of Swami Nigamanand, who was protesting against mining near the Ganga, saying he was agitating against …
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today blamed the BJP-led Uttarakhand government for the death of Swami Nigmanand, who was agitating to save the Ganga. Accusing the state government of
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday blamed the BJP-ruled Uttarakhand Government for the death of Swami Nigamanand. The seer, who died on Monday after a 114-day-long hunger strike, was demanding immediate stopping of quarrying in Ganga besides the shifting of Himalayan stone crusher from Kumbh Mela area. Threatening to invoke …
The Indian government has signed a $1 billion loan with multilateral lending agency, the World Bank, to help support the cleaning of the Ganga river. A National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has been set up under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with chief ministers of the five states through which …
On Tuesday, India signed a deal for a $1-billion loan from the World Bank to clean up the Ganga. Just a day earlier, in a tragic coincidence, a 34-year old swami died after a four month-long hunger strike, protesting the mining mafia illegally quarrying in the river. Besieged with questions …
It seems that things are becoming favourable for the ailing Gomti. The UP chief secretary had directed the irrigation department to restore the flow in the river and remove encroachment from its banks right from Pilibhit to Ghazipur. In a high level meeting held recently, the government with irrigation department …
India and Bangladesh will hold bilateral talks here tomorrow to finalise the framework of a 15-year treaty for sharing waters of the Teesta and Feni rivers in the dry season. Water Resources secretaries of the two countries will meet after a gap of five months to
The quality of river water is an area of concern in Uttar Pradesh, if the State of Environment report, 2010 is to be believed. The report, released on Sunday by directorate of environment, UP, reveals that between 2004 and 2008, water quality indicators in many cases are negative. While Kanpur …
The World Bank has approved $1 billion as credit and loan to support India's efforts to clean up the Ganga river. The sprawling river basin accounts for a fourth of the country's water resources and is home to more than 400 million people. The $1.556 billion National Ganga River Basin …
The Environment Ministry has asked the Alaknanda Hydro Power Company to stop construction work at the 330MW Srinagar Hydrolectric Power project in Uttarakhand. The
IN THE first week of April, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) oversaw an experiment to monitor, minute to minute, the water quality of the river Yamuna. The two-week trial at the water intake point of the Wazirabad water treatment plant in north-east Delhi was conducted by a private firm …
LUCKNOW: With a dying Yamuna failing to meet its growing demand, the city of Taj is now waiting for Gangajal to tide over its water woes. An ambitious and somewhat bizarre project to fetch Ganga water to Agra built by the Mughals on the banks of the Yamuna from a …
Experts say melting of glaciers submerging Islands where the bird Lays Eggs Ghaziabad: Experts have attributed the decline in the population of the exotic skimmer bird to global warming. The rise in temperature is responsible for the increased melting of glaciers that sends a spurt of water into the Ganga, …
