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 …
It is important to preserve our freshwater ecosystems from over-fishing, from the dumping of hazardous waste upstream, and from the damming of rivers upstream, as a national priority that will ultimately protect the livelihoods of millions of fishing families and continue to provide an abundance of fish for consumption on …
Spread over 11 states and comprising 23 sub-basins, the Ganga basin accounts for 50 per cent of the total 40 million hectares of the flood-prone land in the country. This was stated by AK Bajaj, member (project), Ganga Flood Control Commission (GFCC), while chairing the 40th meeting of the commission …
Loharinag Pala power project resumes after it was suspended THE Uttarakhand high court has ordered construction work be resumed at the Loharinag Pala hydroelectric project on the Bhagirathi in Uttarkashi. The order came after environmentalist G D Agarwal succeeded in stalling the 600 megawatt project by going on an indefinite …
Government promises stopping work on dam in Uttarkashi ENVIRONMENTALIST G D Agarwal has managed to stall the controversial Loharinag Pala power project coming up speedily on the Bhagirathi, a tributary of the Ganga. On February 20, the Ministry of Power assured him work on the dam would be suspended immediately. …
IT is 6 p.m. A couple of Hindu priests and a few men and women wait at the Manikarnika Ghat on the banks of the Bhagirathi, as the Ganga is known in the pilgrim town of Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand. Their heads are turned anxiously in the direction of the river …
The Bhagirathi is made to run through a tunnel in Uttarkashi, evoking strong protests from environmentalists. IT is 6 p.m. A couple of Hindu priests and a few men and women wait at the Manikarnika Ghat on the banks of the Bhagirathi, as the Ganga is known in the pilgrim …
Five weeks after Dr GD Agrawal went on a fast unto death, the Union government agreed to temporarily stop construction of the Loharinag-Pala hydroelectric project. The project is a mere 25 km from the Gangotri glacier in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, which is from where the Bhagirathi-Ganga originates.
The conference on 'Quaternary Geological Processes: Natural Hazards and Climate Change' came to an end on Thursday with geologists calling for improvement in the dating techniques used in study of sediments so as to gather more information about the undated sequences. The conference was organised by Lucknow University's Geology department …
This paper focuses on the shifting contours of the anti-Tehri dam movement in the past three decades. It examines the changing declarations of environmentalists, especially Sunderlal Bahuguna and other leaders of the movement on the one hand, and the involvement of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad in the anti-dam politics on …
NEW DELHI: An alumni forum of the Indian Institutes of Technology established to preserve the heritage and ecology of the Ganga has demanded suspension of the Loharinag Pala hydro-power project in Uttarakhand. The forum, called
The notification for setting up the Ganga River Basin Authority for comprehensive management of the basin. The authority chaired by the prime minister will consist of the chief ministers of the Ganga basin states as members along with related ministers of the central government. Whereas the river Ganga is of …
Whereas the river Ganga is of unique importance ascribed to reasons that are geographical, historical, socio-cultural and economic giving it the status of a national river. And whereas the river Ganga has been facing serious threat due to discharge of increasing quantities of sewage effluents, trade effluents and other pollutants …
The world's poor are increasingly relying on fish, but a combination of climate change and unsustainable fishing practices could wipe out this vital protein source.
KOLKATA - Rising sea levels are causing salt water to flow into India's biggest river, threatening its ecosystem and turning vast farmlands barren in the country's east, a climate change expert warned Monday. A study by an east Indian university in the city of Kolkata revealed surprising growth of mangroves …
Special Correspondent HYDERABAD: For the second time this year, the Andhra Pradesh government released Krishna water to Chennai from Kandaleru reservoir of the Telugu Ganga project on Wednesday as a Sankranti gift to the residents of the city. The sluices of Kandaleru in Nellore district were opened on the festival …
London: Four natural sites of India, including Kaziranga National Park and river Ganges have qualified to represent the nation in the New7wonders of Nature Global Contest, organiser said on Wednesday. Kaziranga National Park of Assam, river Ganges, Sundarban forest and Pangong Lake have qualified under the rules of participation, a …
OUR CORRESPONDENT Malda, Jan. 1: The state irrigation department in Malda is awaiting permission from the Ganga Flood Control Commission to begin a Rs 33 crore anti-erosion work along the river in the border areas.
Most religious beliefs involve some ceremonial use of 'holy' water and in India the water of the river Ganga is treated with such reverence. Scientists studied that the water of Ganga at its origin is in a pure state and even after being kept for several years, does not get …
