The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has approved 5 Namame Gange projects in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. The project is worth Rs 295.01 crores! Highlights: Three out of the five projects pertain to sewage management in West Bengal One relates to...
With the festive season in full swing, hordes of crowds are seen at public places, celebrating the festive season. For festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi and Durga Pooja, the immersions of the idols into the sea have to be done with utmost care or can be hazardous to...
The Ganga that has nourished the Indian civilisation for centuries has recorded a historically low inflow in its lower reaches this year, going by the evidence on the ground. The inflow at the Farakka barrage in West Bengal nearly halved, compared with the quantum of...
Ganga Dussehra celebrated on June 14, this year to mark the descent of the River Ganga upon Earth Many devotees take a bath in the Holy River Ganges to wash away all their sins Kite flying is another tradition that is practiced after bathing in the river There are...
“When I came to the Kumbh in my childhood, this was a beautiful river flowing with sweet water,” Badal Nath, 64, reminisced on the banks of the Shipra river in Ujjain in central India. “The last time [12 years ago], it was a stinking drain, nauseating even to step...
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