U.P. pollution control body pulled up for Ganga’s plight
4 years, 10 months ago

U.P. pollution control body pulled up for Ganga’s plight

The Hindu  

The Central Pollution Control Board has pulled up the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board for its inability to prevent drains in Kanpur from polluting the Ganga. Drains that revealed “high colour” from chemical effluents or Biochemical Oxygen Demand and Dissolved Oxygen — an indicator of microbial presence and barometers to gauge the health of water bodies — were to be cleaned and errant municipal bodies or industrial units were to be fined or face the prospect of having their units shut down. Four drains — Sheetla Bazaar, Budhiya Ghat, Wazidpur and Ratanpur drain — were identified by the CPCB as continuing to contain high pollutant load. Consequently, Kanpur has been allotted about ₹1,000 crore — more than any other city — from the ₹20,000 crore-plus Namami Gange Programme, the government’s flagship programme to clean the river.

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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 …

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 …

Clean Ganga: 5 projects worth ₹73.39 crore approved for Uttar Pradesh
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Clean Ganga: 5 projects worth ₹73.39 crore approved for Uttar Pradesh

Hindustan Times  

Lucknow, The National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved five projects worth ₹73 crore for Uttar Pradesh in its 56th executive committee meeting held in New Delhi, an official statement here said Saturday. Clean Ganga: 5 projects worth ₹ 73.39 crore approved for Uttar Pradesh Rajeev Kumar Mital, Director General of the National Mission for Clean Ganga chaired the meeting. …

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 …

Dwarka tops list, Anand Vihar second among air pollution hot spots in Delhi
3 years, 2 months ago

Dwarka tops list, Anand Vihar second among air pollution hot spots in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi Dwarka, Anand Vihar, Mundka and Shadipur have spent at least four days in the daily list of Delhi’s top five pollution hot spots since October 17, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board. As the air quality in Delhi has begun worsening, Central Pollution Control Board has started releasing daily air quality reports Dwarka has stayed …

UP govt sets up 104 sewage treatment plants, water quality in Ganga, other rivers improves
3 years, 3 months ago

UP govt sets up 104 sewage treatment plants, water quality in Ganga, other rivers improves

India Today  

The Uttar Pradesh government has set up 104 sewage treatment plants of 3,298.84 million litres daily in the state in a bid to clean the major rivers including Ganga. The water quality in Ganga, Gomti, Saryu, Yamuna and Rapti has improved significantly, according to the Uttar Pradesh government. Along with cleaning the rivers and stopping sewage from falling into them, …

Delhi govt plans check dams on major drains to trap pollutants
3 years, 6 months ago

Delhi govt plans check dams on major drains to trap pollutants

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi government is working on creating low-cost check dams in at least 20 “strategic locations” on major drains to reduce the pollutant load being released into the Yamuna by 70-80%, senior officials said. Check dams are expected to reduce the pollutant load in drains by 70% - 80% While two such check dams have already been installed -- on …

CPCB Writes to Delhi Govt for Urgent Action on Major Polluting Sources, Lists Out Pending Tasks
4 years, 3 months ago

CPCB Writes to Delhi Govt for Urgent Action on Major Polluting Sources, Lists Out Pending Tasks

News 18  

Expressing concern over the menace of air pollution in Delhi during winters, the central pollution watchdog has asked the Arvind Kejriwal government to take immediate action on major pollution sources like construction and demolition activities and open garbage dumping. Listing out a series of tasks to be accomplished across Delhi, the Central Pollution Control Board asked in a letter to …

Take Remedial Measures To Avoid Untreated Sewage Being Discharged In River Ganga : NGT To States [Read Order]
5 years ago

Take Remedial Measures To Avoid Untreated Sewage Being Discharged In River Ganga : NGT To States [Read Order]

Live Law  

National Green Tribunal has directed authorities in states of Uttarakhand, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal and National Mission For Clean Ganga, to ensure timely completion of all projects relating to sewage treatment by June 31, 2020, in respect of ongoing projects and by December 31, 2020 in respect of others, failing which compensation has to be paid. A bench …

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 …

Why the Grand Government Effort to Clean up the Ganga Is Failing
5 years, 9 months ago

Why the Grand Government Effort to Clean up the Ganga Is Failing

The Quint  

Pollution levels in the holy river at Varanasi are rated “severe”, the worst category, according to a 2018 report–the latest data available–of the Central Pollution Control Board. Varanasi is the parliamentary constituency of prime minister Narendra Modi and critical to Namami Gange, the Rs 20,000-crore flagship programme he launched in 2015 to clean the river. A river that meanders 2,500 …

Government claims clean Ganga work is on fast pace after India Today TV's report
5 years, 9 months ago

Government claims clean Ganga work is on fast pace after India Today TV's report

India Today  

After India Today TV's fact check report "X Factor-Unquiet Ganga", the government has claimed that ongoing work to clean the river continues at a fast pace and many projects have been completed and are undergoing trial run while more have been sanctioned. India Today TV utilised data from NMCG website and reported 63 sewerage projects have been setup along the …

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 …

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