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 …
Various multipurpose dams around the globe have compelled the people to displace. The figure of dams and displaced people is too high, but displacements for flood and erosion are much higher than the dams. A study of Gangetic Tract at Malda District of West Bengal, India alone again proved the …
In order to optimize the local and regional, socioeconomic and cultural benefits of rafting on Ganges in Uttarakhand without impacting the ecological and environmental assets of this Himalayan region, it is important to rationalize the annual and daily operating times and numbers of rafts and rafting camps. The appropriateness of …
Sahebganj, May 30: A Rs 800-crore master project to de-pollute the holy Ganga here is hanging in the balance, courtesy the political instability in the state. Under the project, the Sahebganj district administration had earlier proposed a sewerage system, underground huge drains and electric crematoriums both at Sahebganj and Rajmahal …
Allahabad High Court has directed saree industial units not to discharge coloured water into sewer that ultimately fall into the national river Binay Singh | TNN Varanasi: Millions of rupees were already spent in the past and investment of huge funds is currently being made to clean the national river …
Groundwater survey in Ghazipur, Varanasi and Mirzapur districts of Uttar Pradesh (UP) in Middle Ganga Plain shows that people in these areas are drinking arsenic-contaminated groundwater. Moreover, 60% of tubewells have arsenic concentration above the WHO guideline value of 10 ?g/l and 20% is above 50 ?g/l, the Indian standards …
Kanpur: The Uttar Pradesh government has decided that no new leather tannery be allowed to come up in Jajmau suburb and warned the existing 418 tanneries against disposing of effluents into the river Ganges, secretary of a leading industries' association in the town said here on Monday.
Starting Tuesday, the Ganges River Dolphin is officially the national aquatic animal of India. The Environment Ministry notified the endangered species
A study on variation in silica values in groundwater from a small part of the Central Ganga Plain has yielded valuable information on relative roles of geogenic and anthropogenic solute acquisition processes and depth to the deep aquifer system in the area. It is recommended that silica analysis should be …
The government needs to focus on ensuring perennial environmental flow in the Ganga river instead of just setting up huge sewage and industrial effluent treatment plants which have failed to cleanse the river, a Parliamentary panel has said. The panel, headed by MP T Subbarami Reddy, which submitted its report …
Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehra Dun May 03, 2010, 0:28 IST On the issues related to the Ganga, the Uttarakhand government appeared to be now competing with the Centre. After the Centre declared the Ganga as national heritage last year, the state government is also not lagging behind. Recently, …
Patna, May 2: The state government will submit a detailed report on the killing of four Gangetic dolphins within two weeks. The killing of four national aquatic animals by poachers on Thursday here prompted the Union environment and forests ministry to express its
We investigated the mid stream water quality of Ganga river as influenced by aerially - driven heavy metals at Varanasi, India. Twelve sampling stations were selected along a 20 km long stretch of the river. Mid stream sub-surface water samples collected at fortnightly intervals from all the sites were acid …
With the endangered dolphins proving to be effective indicators to evaluate the success of the ongoing Ganga Action Plan, by virtue of their survivability in the river water, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-India is mooting the Dolphin Action Plan. The project, to be submitted to the Environment Ministry soon, is …
LUCKNOW: In a significant development, the UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB), on Monday, ordered 25 agro-waste based paper industries in the state to stop the process of chemical pulping, a move that could lead to closure of these units. Chemical pumping happens to be a crucial process under which a …
The Supreme Court was approached on Tuesday by an environmentalist ex-Naval officer seeking a direction to the Centre to take immediate steps to protect Bhagirathi and Bhilangana, the tributaries of Ganga, which he said faced a threat of drying fast. The petition was filed after the Uttarakhand government had recently …
