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 …
The Prime Minister-headed National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has given a green signal for declaring the 130-km area between Gomukh and Uttarkashi as the
The government on Monday decided to discontinue three hydro projects on the river Ganga. While work is yet to begin on the 381-Mw Bhaironghati and 480-Mw Pala Maneri projects, considerable work has already been done at NTPC
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will release the conservation and action plan for Ganga river dolphins at the second meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) in New Delhi tomorrow. NGRBA expert member R.K. Sinha told The Telegraph today:
The most delectable hilsa, swore connoisseurs, were to be found in the rivers of Bangladesh. But silting and have changed that. They are moving towards the Ganga now. Read this special report by Down To Earth on hilsa's shifting homebase. Ten years ago Bangladesh’s rivers were deeper and hilsa plentiful. …
Aminul Islam looked to the sky and in an instant brought his eyes to rest on a small mound of hilsa. He picked up a silver-scaled fish, patted its underbelly that had a streak of pink running across it, and let out a cry drowning the scraping of crates, the …
At Chandpur, about 150 km south of Dhaka, Anisur Rahman has a scientific explanation for the predicament of fisher people like Samaad. Currently senior scientific officer at Bangladesh’s Fish Research Institute, Rahman explained, “In scientific parlance, the hilsa is an anadromous fish. It lives most of its lives in the …
In Bangladesh, journalist Shankarlal Das recounts that hilsa could be had for a taka some 40 years ago. “During monsoons my father would come home dangling a hilsa from both hands. Mother would then take over. The nigella seeds (kalaunji) would splutter in mustard oil, the fish make a crackling …
New Delhi: The Ganga will be pure and free of pollutants by 2020, the Centre promised before the SC on Friday. Without dwelling on the past when nearly 1,000 crore was spent under the failed Ganga Action Plan initiated in the late 1980s, attorney general G E Vahanvati assured a …
New Delhi: The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has formulated a concept paper for water augmentation in the 22km stretch of the Yamuna that flows through the capital. In a letter written recently to chief minister Sheila Dikshit, minister of environment and forests Jairam Ramesh has asked the Delhi …
New Delhi: The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has formulated a concept paper for water augmentation in the 22km stretch of the Yamuna that flows through the capital. In a letter written recently to chief minister Sheila Dikshit, minister of environment and forests Jairam Ramesh has asked the Delhi …
ANOOPSHAHR (BULANDSHAHR): Hundreds of people are thronging this sleepy town, about 50 km from Bulandshahr district and 100 km from New Delhi, to witness a mystical phenomenon at the Dinesh ghat on the banks of the Ganga. The centre of attraction is a `burning flame' at the ghat. A rare …
The World Bank has agreed to provide $1 billion for the Mission Clean Ganga being implemented by the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for restoring the
L-G & CM At Helm, It Suggests Several Measures New Delhi: A high-powered committee has recommended that a Yamuna River Development Authority should be constituted along the lines of the Ganga authority that will be responsible for the entire stretch of the river from Yamunotri
Water supply to parts of Delhi and some districts of Uttar Pradesh, including Ghaziabad and Gautam Budh Nagar, is likely to be affected following the closure of Ganga canal for maintenance from October 17 till November first week. With a record rainfall being witnessed this monsoon; the Gang canal has …
NEW DELHI: The Upper Ganga Canal has been shut down for annual cleaning, but the Delhi Jal Board says it does not expect any shortfall of water during the closing period, thanks to ample water in the Yamuna. The cleaning work that is carried out by the Utttar Pradesh Irrigation …
888.7 cm: total average rainfall till September 22 which is 4 per cent above normal 52.7 cm rain fell between September 16 and September 22 which is 44 per cent above normal16.43 million people were affected by floods1,006 people died102 districts were affected34,931 houses were fully damaged772,676 people are living …
Activists and many residents blame a hydel project for the growing frequency of landslides in some Uttarakhand villages. THE nearly 3,500 residents of Bhatwadi village along the Uttarkashi-Gangotri highway in Uttarakhand saw their world come crashing down around them on the night of August 12/13. A massive landslide that hit …
THE nearly 3,500 residents of Bhatwadi village along the Uttarkashi-Gangotri highway in Uttarakhand saw their world come crashing down around them on the night of August 12/13. A massive landslide that hit the village formed cracks up to five metres wide on the highway and these crept up the hills …
Dibrugarh, Oct. 5: A prominent environment group today said construction of mega dams in Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya would destroy the habitat of endangered Gangetic dolphin, underscoring the need for a comprehensive study before the projects get experts
