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 …
In what could be the first for the country, the government today said NTPC would be duly compensated for the cancellation of its 600-mega watt (Mw) hydropower project at Loharinag Pala in Uttarakhand. The compensation could run into Rs 1,000 crore.Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde today said a Cabinet note …
Aug. 20: Over 500 families of three Malda villages have moved to safer locations after the areas were gobbled up by the rising Fulhar and the Ganga in the past three days. To make matters worse, the Met Office in Jalpaiguri has forecast more rain in the sub-Himalayan Bengal and …
A walk along the bank of the Ganga, a drive across the Gangetic plains and a boat ride through the Ganga. These are the three segments of the exhibition, Ganga 21, that opened at New Delhi’s Indian Council for Cultural Relation’s Azad Bhavan auditorium on July 15. In 21 large …
AN INDEFINITE fast and protests are back at Loharinag Pala dam site on the Bhagirathi river, a key tributary of the Ganga in Uttarakhand, as the government decided to revive a 600 MW hydroelectric project on the recommendations of a Group of Ministers (GoM). The GoM said the dam, when …
KOLKATA, 5 AUG: The National Ganga River Basin Authority formed under the Union ministry of environment and forest, is not being taken seriously, said Mr Justice Shyamal Sen, former chairman of state Human Rights Commission, at a meet on Ganga pollution in the city today.Mr Justice Shyamal Sen, also the …
Snow and glacial melt are important hydrologic process in the Himalayan basins and changes in temperature and precipitation are expected to seriously affect the melt characteristics. Melt water is extremely important in the Indus basin and important for the Brahmaputra basin.
The pollution load on rivers has increased over the years due to rapid urbanisation and industrialization. Domestic sewage is the major source of pollution of rivers besides industrial and other non-point sources of pollution. Abstraction of water for irrigation, drinking, industrial use, power etc. compounds the challenge. Based on the …
Dehradun: The fate of 56 hydroelectric projects in Uttarakhand, with a projected power generation capacity of 963 MW, hangs in balance after the state BJP government on Thursday night abruptly cancelled their allotment. These projects were initiated when B C Khanduri was the CM in 2008. Following the state government
ENVIRONMENT minister Jairam Ramesh indicated that new information on the adverse environmental impact of the Lohari Nag Pala hydro power project would be seriously considered by the government. The standing committee of the National Ganga River Basin Authority, which will meet on July 24 and 25, will consider the recommendations …
LUCKNOW: There's dispute brewing over the holy waters of Ban Ganga and Saloni rivers in Muzaffarnagar district of UP. And it all started when huge quantities of dead fish appeared, four days ago, on the surface of river waters of Shukratal -- regarded as mini-Haridwar of the region. District magistrate, …
New Delhi: More than 100 hydroelectric projects planned by the Uttarakhand government are in jeopardy. The Union environment and forests ministry's Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has decided not to give forest clearance to any of the proposed projects until the National Ganga River Basin Authority conducts a cumulative impact assessment …
LUCKNOW: Dead fish tell no tales and just as well. While environmentalists and devout mourn the death of thousands of fish found floating in Ganga at Shukratal in Muzaffarnagar last Sunday, suspense over the incident deepens as governments of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand attempt to wash their hands off the …
AFTER the government dumped its plan to rope in international consultants, seven IITs have come together to prepare a strategy to revive the Ganga. A first of its kind for a river in India, the plan will concentrate on the entire basin to ensure quality and quantity flow in the …
After the government dumped its plan to rope in international consultants, seven IITs have come together to prepare a strategy to revive the Ganga. A first of its kind for a river in India, the plan will concentrate on the entire basin to ensure quality and quantity flow in the …
IITs have been roped in to clean the Ganga Twenty-five years after launching the Ganga Action Plan (GAP), the government has realised that a new plan backed by proper technical advice is needed to clean this mighty river, which is fast turning into a drain. A consortium of seven Indian …
MUZAFFARNAGAR: A flood alert has been sounded in ten districts of western Uttar Pradesh with swelling of Yamuna while water level in Ganga was also rising at many places. Deputy secretary of the revenue department Raj Raten said that the flood alert has been issued in Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Baghpat, Meerut, …
Even after a technical committee of the government put in a report stating that the 600MW Loharinag Pala dam can be shut down, the government has been unable to take a call on the hydel project on Bhagirathi river in Uttarakhand. The last meeting chaired by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee …
New Delhi: For the first time in the history of Independent India, the seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) today came together to clean up the Ganges, with the government handing over the mammoth task to the IIT consortium. The effort would require the IITs to suggest technological solutions to …
