Inter-ministerial dispute over Ganga basin hydropower projects reaches SC |Hindustan Times

The inter-ministerial tussle in the NDA government over the hydro-power projects on Ganga basin in Uttarakhand has reached the Supreme Court, with the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) calling for a review of all the 24 projects including the six Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) had approved. MoWR complained that no hydro-geological study More...

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By hinduismnow On Thursday, July 21st, 2016
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No Untreated Sewage To Be Disposed In Ganga By 2020, Says Government

New Delhi:  The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has worked out a framework which envisages that no untreated sewage will be disposed in the river by 2020, the Lok Sabha was informed today.”As More...

By hinduismnow On Thursday, July 21st, 2016
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हिंडन और कृष्णा नदी प्रदूषण पर एनजीटी का बड़ा फैसला

पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश के पश्चिमोत्तर भाग में हिंडन और कृष्णा नदी के किनारे बसे सैंकड़ों More...

By hinduismnow On Thursday, July 21st, 2016
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2020 के बाद गंगा में नहीं बहाया जाएगा बिना शोधित मलजल: सरकार

नयी दिल्ली, 21 जुलाई :: राष्ट्रीय गंगा नदी बेसिन प्राधिकरण :एनजीआरबीए: ने एक रूपरेखा More...

By hinduismnow On Tuesday, July 19th, 2016
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Ganga rising enormously due to heavy rains in hills of Uttarakhand – Times of India

Kanpur: Ganga is on an enormous rise following heavy rains in the hills of Uttarakhand. In the past 24 hours, the level of water at Ganga barrage has gone up both in the upstream and the downstream of Ganga. The More...

By hinduismnow On Tuesday, July 19th, 2016
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An anthem to clean Ganga, from Chennai – Times of India

It was the speech by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Madison Square Gardens in September 2015 that inspired Srikrishna Mohan and Ramkumar Mohan, popularly known as the Trichur Brothers, to create a music video More...

By hinduismnow On Monday, July 18th, 2016
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With Ganga in full spate, priests shift Gangotri temple records to safe locations – Times of India

DEHRADUN: With the Ganga in full spate near Gaumukh, the point of its origin, priests of the Gangotri temple have over the past few days, shifted documents from the shrine’s “record room” to a More...

By hinduismnow On Saturday, July 16th, 2016
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Bihar CM demands removal of Farakka barrage on river Ganga – Times of India

PATNA: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Saturday demanded removal of Farakka barrage on river Ganga saying, “The disadvantages of the barrage appear to be higher than its benefits.”Raising the issue of Bihar’s More...

By hinduismnow On Wednesday, July 13th, 2016
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1,600 villages to adopt Punjab model for Ganga rejuvenation: Seechewal | Hindustan Times

Environmental activist Balbir Singh Seechewal’s model of cleaning water bodies, successfully employed in Punjab, is being adopted by more than 1,600 villages situated on the banks of Ganga for the river’s rejuvenation. Seechewal More...