Polluted water making Ganga’s river bed unfit for sustaining aquatic life, says new research
5 years ago

Polluted water making Ganga’s river bed unfit for sustaining aquatic life, says new research

Hindustan Times  

It’s not just the surface, River Ganga is polluted from deep inside, a new research has found. The scientists have found millions of litres of waste water, containing toxic elements and metals, is dumped in the Ganga, thereby depleting the level of dissolved oxygen in its water, particularly near the river bed, triggering a condition known as hypoxia, in which marine life cannot survive. While the Assi drain carries around 66 million litres of domestic waste water into the river, the Wazidpur drain carries around 54 MLD comprising mostly industrial waste. This is making the water quality at the bottom of the river and the river bed unfit for sustaining life,” said Pandey. In January this year, the Central Pollution Control Board published a study titled “Biological Health of River Ganga” which said that there was no improvement in the overall water quality of the Ganga, including in the stretches where Gangetic dolphins are found.

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Ganga pollution: After NGT’s rap, UP chalks out two-month plan for Mahakumbh
2 months ago

Ganga pollution: After NGT’s rap, UP chalks out two-month plan for Mahakumbh

Hindustan Times  

Reprimanded by the National Green Tribunal over pollution in the Ganga, the authorities in Uttar Pradesh have zeroed in on a two-month plan for the Mahakumbh-2025. Devotees offer prayers on the banks of holy river Ganga The key challenges include 34-untapped drains and the low level of water in the river. As the monsoon retreated from the state by the …

Delhi pollution: Toxic foam covers Yamuna in Kalindi Kunj as pollution level remains high in river
2 months ago

Delhi pollution: Toxic foam covers Yamuna in Kalindi Kunj as pollution level remains high in river

Live Mint  

Delhi pollution: Toxic foam covers the Yamuna River in Kalindi Kunj, and pollution level remains high in the river. Hitting out at the AAP government over water pollution in Yamuna river, BJP National Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Sunday said,"The condition of the Yamuna River is still the same despite spending ₹7000 crores to clean it. Yamuna water pollution Yamuna is …

Water quality of Ganga in UP deteriorating due to discharge of sewage: NGT
2 months ago

Water quality of Ganga in UP deteriorating due to discharge of sewage: NGT

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has observed that the water quality in the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh is deteriorating because of the discharge of sewage or sullage into the river. In an order dated November 6, a bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava said according to the report from Uttar Pradesh, there was a gap of 128 million …

Delhi’s pollution crisis needs evidence-based policy reform
2 months ago

Delhi’s pollution crisis needs evidence-based policy reform

New Indian Express  

The capital of the world’s largest democracy—Delhi—is grappling with a pollution crisis. With approximately 80 per cent of Delhi’s waste being generated by only about 20 per cent of the people, the city is finding itself in an increasingly challenging situation. For instance, the mechanised sweeping vans frequently seen on Delhi roads are largely ineffective due to several factors: uneven …

Ensure Water Quality Of Rivers At Prayagraj Is Maintained For Pilgrims Of Kumbh Mela: NGT To State Authorities
6 months, 1 week ago

Ensure Water Quality Of Rivers At Prayagraj Is Maintained For Pilgrims Of Kumbh Mela: NGT To State Authorities

Live Law  

The principal bench of National Green Tribunal has directed the State authorities to ensure that water quality of Ganga-Yamuna rivers for pilgrims of Kumbh mela which is to be organized in 2024-25 at Uttar Pradesh's Prayraj is maintained to the level of drinking water quality.Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava, Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and Dr. A. Senthil Vel while granting eight. …

Ganga not an electoral issue in Uttarakhand this time
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Ganga not an electoral issue in Uttarakhand this time

Hindustan Times  

On the left bank of ‘Har Ki Paudi’ in Haridwar, Uttarakhand tourism minister Satpal Maharaj organised a two-day ‘Sadbhavna Sammelan’. “The river is as polluted as it was before the BJP came to power,” said Swami Shivanand Saraswati, head of Matre Sadan, an ashram on the banks of the Ganga in Haridwar, which has been fighting for a clean Ganga …

Ganga water unsafe even for bathing, says Bihar govt report on river pollution
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Ganga water unsafe even for bathing, says Bihar govt report on river pollution

Hindustan Times  

Patna: Almost all major rivers passing through Bihar are unsafe even for bathing, revealed the annual survey report on health of rivers recently tabled by the Bihar State Pollution Control Board in the state legislature. The report, based on sample checks at 98 points of several rivers including Ganga, Sone and Kosi in 27 districts showed excessive presence of faecal …

Over ₹6,800 crore spent in 5 years on cleaning Yamuna
1 year, 9 months ago

Over ₹6,800 crore spent in 5 years on cleaning Yamuna

The Hindu  

April 03, 2023 02:42 am | Updated 01:29 pm IST - NEW DELHI Nearly ₹6,856.91 crore was spent over five years, from 2017-21, to clean the Delhi stretch of river Yamuna, the Environment Department said in response to a question raised in the Assembly. The DPCC’s February report also stated that faecal coliform found in the river was beyond the …

Rejuvenating rivers needs political will
2 years ago

Rejuvenating rivers needs political will

Hindustan Times  

The world’s oldest cities thrived along the banks of great rivers because the water sustained life and spurred the economy. According to the Delhi Pollution Control Committee’s latest report on the clean-up of the river, one-fourth of the city’s sewage flows untreated into the river within the borders of the National Capital in December. In the last 27 years, three …

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria present in Ganga: Study
2 years, 2 months ago

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria present in Ganga: Study

Hindustan Times  

Scientists from Allahabad University’s Centre of Environmental Sciences have found the presence of a large number of bacteria that are resistant to commonly-used antibiotics, in the Ganga. “If these bacteria enter a person’s body through the water of Ganga, then antibiotics will have no effect on the individual,” informed Kumar Suranjit Prasad, assistant professor at the AU centre, who led …

Waste management in Kerala: An untreated menace
2 years, 5 months ago

Waste management in Kerala: An untreated menace

The Hindu  

In its order on the widening gaps in Kerala’s solid and liquid waste management scenario issued on July 7, the Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal led by its chairperson Adarsh Kumar Goel made a pertinent observation. “Till this gap is bridged, unprocessed solid waste and untreated liquid waste will continue to remain a source of degradation of environment …

Most of Ganga clean, claims Jal Shakti Ministry
2 years, 9 months ago

Most of Ganga clean, claims Jal Shakti Ministry

The Hindu  

The water quality of the river Ganga was clean enough for bathing and capable for supporting the river ecosystem for almost the entire stretch of the river, Bishweswar Tudu, Minister of State for Water Resources, said in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. An updated 2021 report noted that none of the stretches of the Ganga stretches were now in Priority …

Value the knowledge of the Ganga’s riverine communities for river’s development
2 years, 10 months ago

Value the knowledge of the Ganga’s riverine communities for river’s development

Hindustan Times  

A large section of the population living in the Ganga river basin still depends on the river for daily use activities and livelihood. In comparison, continuous, in-situ water quality monitoring systems provide real-time data that not only measures the river’s health but also provides the basis for significant riverine research. Such data makes possible in-depth socio-economic studies on the implications …

Despite Good Intention Of State & Central Govts To Keep It Clean, River Ganga Is Still Polluted: Allahabad High Court
3 years, 4 months ago

Despite Good Intention Of State & Central Govts To Keep It Clean, River Ganga Is Still Polluted: Allahabad High Court

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has recently observed that despite the good intention of the State government as well as Central Government to keep Ganga clean, and diversion of huge amount for this purpose, the polluted water still exists. The Bench Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice Anil Kumar Ojha was hearing a plea seeking to highlight the problem …

Ganga is Full of Micro-Plastics Causing Toxicity for Environment, Finds a Study
3 years, 5 months ago

Ganga is Full of Micro-Plastics Causing Toxicity for Environment, Finds a Study

News 18  

The Ganga river is polluted with multiple kinds of plastic, with the highest concentration at Varanasi, and micro-plastics samples being found at Haridwar, Kanpur and Varanasi, a new study by Toxics Link has found. The study, ‘Quantitative analysis of Micro-plastics along River Ganga’, that was released by Delhi-based NGO Toxics Link on Thursday, said the river water was found to …

[Pollution Of Ganga Tributaries In Varanasi] NGT Constitutes Independent Monitoring Committee For Restoration And Rejuvenation Of Rivers Varuna And Assi
3 years, 6 months ago

[Pollution Of Ganga Tributaries In Varanasi] NGT Constitutes Independent Monitoring Committee For Restoration And Rejuvenation Of Rivers Varuna And Assi

Live Law  

The National Green Tribunal has on Thursday constituted an independent Monitoring Committee for the purpose of restoration and rejuvenation of the rivers Varuna and Assi, tributaries to river Ganga, in Varanasi.The Committee comprises of the Central Pollution Control Board, State Pollution Control Board, National Mission for Clean Ganga and District Magistrate, Varanasi, with. The National Green Tribunal has on Thursday …

India Today Impact: UP government orders cleaning of Yamuna river in Mathura
3 years, 10 months ago

India Today Impact: UP government orders cleaning of Yamuna river in Mathura

India Today  

Following complaints raised by Hindu saints over the water quality of Yamuna river during the first ritual bath before the Kumbh at Vrindavan, the Uttar Pradesh government has directed the irrigation department to clean the river. Agra Divisional Commissioner Amit Gupta visited Vrindavan on Wednesday and prepared a report on the condition of the Yamuna water in Vrindavan. Gupta told …

Innocent Citizens Drink Ganga Water Out of Reverence Without Knowing Harmful Contents: NGT
3 years, 11 months ago

Innocent Citizens Drink Ganga Water Out of Reverence Without Knowing Harmful Contents: NGT

News 18  

Innocent citizens drink Ganga water out of reverence without knowing the harmful contents and the least expected from the authorities is to notify the extent of harmful contents at appropriate locations including at Ganga Sagar in West Bengal, the National Green Tribunal said Wednesday. "Out of reverence for the Ganga water, innocent citizens drink the same without knowing the harmful …

NGT Junks Plea to Protect & Preserve Quality of Water in Ganga, Yamuna Rivers
4 years, 4 months ago

NGT Junks Plea to Protect & Preserve Quality of Water in Ganga, Yamuna Rivers

News 18  

The National Green Tribunal has refused to entertain a plea seeking to protect, preserve and maintain quality of water in Ganga and Yamuna rivers. The plea referred to media reports and said that water in these rivers become clean during the lockdown as various industries stopped discharge of effluents. The Tribunal has already issued directions for preventing pollution of Ganga …

IITR team to examine water quality across 2,500 km stretch of Ganga
5 years, 3 months ago

IITR team to examine water quality across 2,500 km stretch of Ganga

Hindustan Times  

A team from the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research is accompanying the 2,500 km rafting expedition in the Ganga from Devprayag to Gangasagar to examine the water quality of the entire stretch. This will include aspects like BOD, dissolved matter and biological and chemical pollutants, said Alok Dhawan, director, CSIR-IITR. This will include aspects like BOD, dissolved matter and biological …

With no cleaning work, river Yamuna continues to remain dry even after monsoon rains
5 years, 5 months ago

With no cleaning work, river Yamuna continues to remain dry even after monsoon rains

India TV News  

Even after a fortnight of monsoon rains, river Yamuna in Agra continues to remain dry, with heaps of polluted garbage providing breeding grounds for mosquitoes and bacteria. Just before the April 18 polling in Agra, Bhartiya Janata Party President Amit Shah had categorically assured that the first task of the elected government would be cleaning of the Yamuna and a …

Ganga water in UP-WB stretch unfit for direct drinking and bathing, contains high level of coliform: Pollution control board
5 years, 7 months ago

Ganga water in UP-WB stretch unfit for direct drinking and bathing, contains high level of coliform: Pollution control board

Firstpost  

The Ganga River water is absolutely unfit for “direct drinking” and only seven spots from where it passes can be consumed after disinfection, the Central Pollution Control Board has said New Delhi: The Ganga River water is absolutely unfit for “direct drinking” and only seven spots from where it passes can be consumed after disinfection, the Central Pollution Control Board …

Ganga river water unfit for direct drinking, bathing: CPCB report
5 years, 7 months ago

Ganga river water unfit for direct drinking, bathing: CPCB report

India Today  

The Ganga river water is absolutely unfit for "direct drinking" and only seven spots from where it passes can be consumed after disinfection, the Central Pollution Control Board has said. According to the latest data with the CPCB, most of the Ganga river water in the Uttar Pradesh-West Bengal stretch is unfit for drinking and bathing. The 78 monitoring stations …

A cleaner Ganga: NDA’s unfulfilled promise
5 years, 8 months ago

A cleaner Ganga: NDA’s unfulfilled promise

Live Mint  

Rivers are considered the source of all life, but in India they are becoming deadly. As per the CPCB portal, at the 61 live monitoring stations in the Ganga, only at 13 points was the water fit for bathing last month. According to the latest data available from CPCB’s live monitoring stations, the Ganga contains so much faecal bacteria that …

No water for a clean Ganga: River's reduced flow and declining health have caused much anguish
5 years, 9 months ago

No water for a clean Ganga: River's reduced flow and declining health have caused much anguish

Firstpost  

The numerous dams limiting the flow of the Ganga and its tributaries, as well as the massive extraction of water from the river, makes the aspiration of a free flowing river a distant dream. “In the upper reaches of the Ganga, these dams have caused interruptions in the free flow of the river, affecting the river ecosystem,” says Tare. “We …

Opinion | Aaj ki Baat Dec 25 episode: Rajat Sharma on how India's holiest river Ganga is being transformed
6 years ago

Opinion | Aaj ki Baat Dec 25 episode: Rajat Sharma on how India's holiest river Ganga is being transformed

India TV News  

India's holiest river Ganga, which provides water to more than 50 crore people across 11 states, is also the world's sixth most polluted river. Prof. B.D.Tripathi, chairman of BHU's Mahamana Malviya Ganga river development and water resources management research centre, says that there has been improvement in Varanasi and most of the drains have been diverted. In the coming weeks, …

Ganga cleaning got a major boost, the river got rid of waste from Asia’s largest sewer
6 years, 1 month ago

Ganga cleaning got a major boost, the river got rid of waste from Asia’s largest sewer

Op India  

Cleaning of river Ganga got a major boost when the engineers in Kanpur finally got rid of waste from Sissamau Nalla, diverting it to Jajamau sewage treatment plant. However, it was a herculean task for the engineers to stop the remaining 6 crore liters of sewage from getting drained in Ganga because the velocity of the drain was similar to …

Nearly all Ganga water in UP-Bengal stretch unfit for drinking, bathing
6 years, 5 months ago

Nearly all Ganga water in UP-Bengal stretch unfit for drinking, bathing

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Most of the Ganga river water in the Uttar Pradesh-West Bengal stretch is unfit for drinking and bathing, a map released by the Central Pollution Control Board has indicated. The National Green Tribunal last month directed the National Mission for Clean Ganga to install display boards at a gap of 100 km to indicate whether the water was …

Despite govt spending thousands of crore rupees, Ganga river turns from bad to worse
6 years, 5 months ago

Despite govt spending thousands of crore rupees, Ganga river turns from bad to worse

India Today  

Even after India Today had in June exposed the deplorable state of River Ganga despite the Centre spending thousands of crore rupees in the last 4 years, its condition has turned from bad to worse and the river water looks like a nullah in Kanpur. If we directly consume the Ganga water without filtering then there are high chances of …

For Delhi’s survival, let Yamuna be a river again
6 years, 5 months ago

For Delhi’s survival, let Yamuna be a river again

Hindustan Times  

Ten-year-old Aryaman Bharadwaj was taken aback when he saw water swirling under the Nizamuddin Bridge last week. As he wondered whatever happened to the stinky drain he had always seen there, his father couldn’t help but compliment the river by tweeting: “Delhi’s swollen #Yamuna looks like a calm #Brahmaputra.” People swim across the swollen Yamuna river, in New Delhi on …

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