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 …
Aligning its ambitious clean Ganga mission with the goal of overall development of the river, the government has formally transferred its nodal agency — National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) — from environment ministry to water resources ministry. Besides, mission directorate of the 'National Mission for clean Ganga' and other …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on development of Garh Ganga (River Ganga passing through Garhmukteshwar town in Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh, now in Ghaziabad district as per census 2011 is also known as ‘Garh Ganga”), 04/08/2014.
Thane, Vasai and Vaitarna creeks are three of the 17 sites in Maharashtra that have been identified as “Important Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Areas (ICMBA)” by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), which is set to publish next week an atlas on ICMBAs in the country based on a study …
Bank prez Jim Yong Kim hails Gujarat biz model, learns about Modi govt's development priorities The World Bank said it is ready to commit $15-18 billion to support India over the next three years, even as its president endorsed the business model of Gujarat, the state that Narendra Modi ruled …
The newly elected BJP-NDA Government today made it clear that the much-touted river linking project will not be carried out without the concurrence of the riparian states or beneficiary states. This is a major relief for states like Punjab which have a running feud with its neighbours over river water …
The government is giving special attention to the rejuvenation of Ganga The government today said that based on the outcome of the action plan on Ganga, it may extend it to other major rivers of the country. Water Recources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Uma Bharti said that the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Ashok Mittal & Others Vs. NCT of Delhi & Others dated 17/07/2014 on the issue of natural drains in Delhi and its present status. The Tribunal has directed the Expert Committee to consider two major alternatives …
A four-member team of highly qualified engineers from Engineer India Limited, a semi-government firm, reached here today. They are on a four-day visit to the city with regard to cleaning and beautification of Budha Nullah. The team met the higher officials of the Municipal Corporation and Deputy Commissioner Rajat Aggarwal …
Even as Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced an ambitious Rs. 2037-crore ‘Namami Ganga’ project in his maiden budget to kick-start the process of cleaning up the holy river, a noted water expert has said the model adopted to rejuvenate the Thames in London could be “ideal” for freeing the …
An environment think tank today said although the union budget had "many nice words and some money" but it failed to show any direction for "real change." Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said although the announcement of national adaption fund a first step to recognise the need to invest …
Environmentalist Sunita Narain Thursday raised questions on allocations on clean energy and Ganga conservation that were announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his maiden budget Thursday. On enhanced clean energy cess on coal, which has been increased from Rs.50 to Rs.100 per tonne, Narain - also the director general …
Moving ahead with Modi’s agenda on River Ganga, an integrated Ganga conservation mission called ‘Namami Gange’ in the Budget, which will be set up with an outlay of Rs 2,037 crore for the current year, has been proposed. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the mission is being launched as …
Mr Jaitley has fallen into the old trap of financing meaningless cleaning initiatives Listening to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Union Budget 2014 seemed to be a little bit of everything and lots of nothing. It is also difficult to pass a verdict on a government that has had barely 45 …
Rapid urbanisation and human encroachment– especially in the Kathmandu Valley– have left Nepal's rivers highly polluted. "I remember people bathing and washing clothes in Bagmati River as late as 1985 because the river was very clean," Nuwakot district native Bishnuhari Sapkota told Khabar South Asia. "The way it was polluted …
The government yesterday asked the administration to take stern action against river grabbing and pollution and not to bow to any pressure from politicians. In 2009, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had made commitments to save the country's rivers and her government undertook multiple projects involving several hundred crores of taka. …
