Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
The Government has stepped in to save the dying Harmu river which flows in a pathetic condition from the heart of Ranchi. The Cabinet on Monday granted Rs87.43 crore for the rejuvenation of the river. Cabinet Secretary JB Tubid said after the Cabinet meeting that during 2014-15, Rs15 crore would …
The Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has started cleaning of water bodies that will be used for performing rituals in Chhath but the drive is being carried in a very limited sense — clean the surface and leave the banks of the water bodies for the agencies to clean. Water bodies …
Following the zeal to revive river Ganga and blue print presented by the Centre before the Supreme Court to take forward the Clean Ganga Mission, a dream project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the international funding agency World Bank has come up with its bit into it. Jharkhand Urban Infrastructure …
Software engineer-turned politician and national convenor of BJP's water management cell Shriram Vedire has been appointed as adviser to the ministry of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation. The appointment was made on Thursday when the government brought in senior IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre Anuj Kumar Bishnoi …
The NDA government on Wednesday asserted before the Supreme Court that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious clean Ganga plan has a “vision” to achieve the goal of ‘aviral’ (uninterrupted) and ‘nirmal’ (clean) river. “The ultimate (plan and target) is clean and continuous flow of Ganga. Aviral and nirmal flow of …
CHINA’S south-to-north water transfer project has reached its “overall” targets on water quality, with “certain” pollution being treated, an official said yesterday. “For the central line, media reports and our probes have spotted pollution, but it did not affect the overall situation,” said Gao Juncai, head of the Department of …
The Delhi government has embarked on an ambitious project to rejuvenate the Yamuna with an aim to rid the river of pollutants, stop discharge of all sorts of effluents into it and making its river-front beautiful as well as environment friendly. The "Rejuvenation of River Yamuna" project is being implemented …
Netherlands to provide assistance for developing a ‘socially conscious’ river-front With an aim to rid the Yamuna of pollutants and to end the discharge of effluents into it, the Delhi Government has embarked on an ambitious project to rejuvenate the river that runs through the Capital city. The "Rejuvenation of …
The NDA government plans to link hydro electric projects (HEPs) with its ambitious Ganga rejuvenation plan, for which it has proposed a new set of norms that all the project proponents will have to comply with before procuring environmental clearances. In its affidavit to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, the …
All polluting industries along the river Ganga will have to set up sensor-based real-time online effluent monitoring system by March 31 next year. The government on Wednesday said it was serious about the deadline with water resources minister Uma Bharti issuing a veiled threat to industries—-mend your ways or face …
The annual Ganga canal closure, from its inception source at Bhagirathi Bindu, near Har-ki-Pauri, and the Mayapur Ganga canal dam till the end point in Kanpur, is usually opposed by saints and teerth purohits, Ganga Sabha, traders and local people. As Ganga canal is operated by Uttar Pradesh irrigation department, …
As a part of the ambitious Namami Ganga project for rejuvenation of River Ganga, at least half-a-dozen Union Ministers, along with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), will on Wednesday hold consultations with representatives of gross polluting industries from the five States along the river. As per the estimates of …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Chesapeake Bay region would reap an additional $22.5 billion a year from improved hurricane protection, crab and fish production and climate stability if the Obama administration's contested plan to clean up the watershed proceeds, an environmental group says. The assessment released Monday is based on a …
Though the Rispana river might appear to be a dying stream carrying waste water, the National Institute of Hydrology (NIH) Roorkee has revealed that it is a perennial stream. This was stated in response to information sought under the Right to Information founder-chairperson of Making a Difference by Being the …
Meerut: In order to prevent pollution in Nanu ki Nahar (canal passing by Nanu village), the district administration is thinking of providing devotees with alternate locations for immersing Durga idols. The canal, a distributary of the Ganga, breaks away from the holy river near Roorkie to flow through Meerut. Immersions …
AGRA: With a view to protecting the Yamuna river from pollution caused by immersing idols in its water, members of the Baba Shree Ganesh Kalyan Samiti (Yamunapar) have prepared an idol of Goddess Durga with dry-fruits this time. Their aim is not only to save the environment but also hope …
DAMAULI , Sept 30: Locals of Srijana Tole of Byas municipality-10, Tanahun have teamed up for the conservation of Madi River and water animals. The local residents put their collective efforts for the conservation of the river and water animals as part of their campaign to make Byas municipality a …
VARANASI: After the UPA government constituted the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) in 2009 and announced "Mission Clean Ganga by 2020", the NDA government led by Narendra Modi has set a target to clean the holy river in the next 18 years. But a top Ganga expert claims that …
A Florida environmental group is offering $10 million to anyone who can devise a method for ridding the Everglades and other waterways around the country of the fertilizer byproduct phosphorous that has caused disastrous algal blooms in Florida and the Midwest. The Miami-based Everglades Foundation announced the international challenge prize …
FIJI Ports Corporation Limited says it made history by enforcing fines on marine vessels that pollute the country's ports. FPCL said it collected over $100,000 in fines from about 30 ships. "This was done for the first time in the history of Fiji Ports and pollution incidents have now reduced …
