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 …
NDA working chairman L K Advani has again pitched strongly for inter-linking of rivers in the country, something that was projected as a flagship programme during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government
Rishikesh: BJP leader L K Advani on Sunday launched the Uttarakhand Government's clean Ganga campaign here and asked people all over the country to play an active role in the conservation of the holy river. Speaking after the launch of the campaign christened
New Delhi: There would be no water in large stretches of the famed Alaknanda and Bhagirathi river beds if the Uttarakhand government goes ahead with its plan to build 53 power projects on these two rivers which join at Dev Prayag to form the Ganga, the Comptroller and Auditor General …
LUCKNOW: Apart from assessing the party's performance in the state, Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat, in Uttar Pradesh on a three-day visit that ended on Wednesday, is preparing a report on the the contentious Ganga Expressway Project undertaken by the UP government. The report, which is …
The Farakka Barrage Project on river Ganga, commissioned in the year 1975, mainly for diversion of 1135 cumec flow of water from river Ganga to river Hoogly through Bhagirathi, for the preservation of Kolkata Port. River Ganga due to its meandering nature is causing bank erosion problems not only in …
River pollution due to extensive use of pesticides is dangerous for the critically endangered Ganges river dolphin, India's national aquatic animal, says an expert. There are only about 2,000 left, down from tens of thousands just a few decades ago. About half of these are in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. …
Minister Was To Share Dais With CM Buddha New Delhi: With Trinamool Congress objecting to any sort of cohabitation with the Left Front government in West Bengal, environment minister Jairam Ramesh has deferred plans to travel to Kolkata for a programme related to the Ganga basin project initiated by Prime …
Free flow for Bhagirathi as govt shelves 2 dams in upper reaches Religious, Green Concerns May Shut Third Project Too New Delhi: Bhagirathi, one of the key tributaries of the Ganga, will now flow untamed and unchecked through the year for at least part of its stretch. In a decision …
VHP leader Ashok Singhal on Monday said BJP-ruled state Uttrakhand should clarify its stand on the power projects coming on the river Ganga. Mr Singhal said these projects would thwart the flow of river Ganga and therefore ongoing construction should be immediately stopped. The VHP leader also asked the Congress-led …
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Monday demanded a complete halt to all hydroelectric project works on river Ganga in the BJP ruled Uttarakhand, saying alternative methods should be explored to generate power. The RSS affiliate also asked both the BJP and Congress to spell out their respective policies about the …
- Late melting of glaciers & dry spell decrease ganga flow OUR CORRESPONDENT The Farakka barrage in Murshidabad Malda, March 22: The dry spell sweeping across north India has resulted in the Ganga flowing at a very low level, an alarming situation that is likely to affect the power production …
Prashant Rupera | TNN Vadodara/Anand: In a move aimed to save the Ganges from pollution and give its aquatic life a breather, a system developed by a researcher of Sardar Patel University (SPU) will be installed at Mathura. S N Jha, a technical assistant at SPU
Massive Coliform Count Makes Ganga A Virtual Drain In Kanpur: Plan Panel Dhananjay Mahapatra | TNN New Delhi: Diehard devotees may not believe this. But it
$1bn WB Loan Also On Cards: Ramesh New Delhi: In a boost to the Ganga cleaning programme, the government has cleared projects worth Rs 1,394.11 crore for the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Uttarakhand. While the Union government had allocated Rs 500 crore for the 2010-11 fiscal, …
Cleaning the Ganga has become the top priority of the government and projects have been put on a fast track. The second meeting of the Empowered Steering Com- mittee of the National Ganga River Basin, com- prising Union minister, the Central Pollution Board and the Central Water com- mission, has …
Assessing for climate-sustainable development in the Ganges Basin by Divya Mohan and Shirish Sinha presented at the National Climate Research Conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010. http://www.cseindia.org/docs/IIT_Climate_change/Divya%20Mohan.pdf
This is an analysis of the Union budget 2010-11 by CSE. Says that the budget holds promise on clean and renewable energy but it is woefully lacking in any initiative on public transport or pollution management. See Also Weblink: Union budget 2010-11 http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2010-11/ubmain.htm Report: Economic Survey 2009-10 (http://indiabudget.nic.in/es2009-10/esmain.htm) Report: Adaptation …
