‘Ganga in Prayagraj to be fit for holy dip by December-end’
4 months, 1 week ago

‘Ganga in Prayagraj to be fit for holy dip by December-end’

Hindustan Times  

The Ganga in Prayagraj will be fit for a holy dip by December-end as there will be no flow of untreated sewage into the river, weeks before the Mahakumbh-2025 that begins on January 13, according to a senior state government official. Currently, the state government is working to connect the drains with sewer lines and to intercept the flow of effluents from the drains into the river before the mega religious congregation. The main focus is on the development of the sewage system to check river pollution, said Anurag Srivastava, principal secretary, Namami Gange and project director, Rajya Swachh Ganga Mission. “We should also ensure that the effluent intercepted and the discharge from the STP does not flow directly in the river, but should be diverted into the irrigation channel or the thermal power plants,” he said.

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Ganga water was fit for bathing during Maha Kumbh: Centre tells Lok Sabha
1 week, 6 days ago

Ganga water was fit for bathing during Maha Kumbh: Centre tells Lok Sabha

Hindustan Times  

A comprehensive report on Ganga water at seven locations near Prayagraj, associated with the Maha Kumbh, showed water quality here met all standards for bathing during the mela, the Union environment minister informed Lok Sabha on Monday. Bhupender Yadav, Union environment minister was responding to questions by Samajwadi Party MP Anand Bhadauriya and K Sudhakaran, INC MP from Kerala on: …

Ganga water during Mahakumbh met bathing standards: Bhupender Yadav in LS
2 weeks ago

Ganga water during Mahakumbh met bathing standards: Bhupender Yadav in LS

Hindustan Times  

Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav on Monday said the Ganga water quality at seven locations near Prayagraj, associated with the recently-concluded Mahakumbh Mela, met all standards for bathing during the event. “In pursuance of an NGT order in the Kamlesh Singh Vs State of Uttar Pradesh and others, the CPCB carried out regular water quality monitoring at seven locations in …

Water quality at Maha Kumbh found unfit for dips on many days: Graphics
1 month ago

Water quality at Maha Kumbh found unfit for dips on many days: Graphics

The Hindu  

The Central Pollution Control Board has released data on the assessment of water quality at five different locations in and around the confluence in Prayagraj, and two further away from Prayagraj on Ganga. Sangam Data released by the CPCB shows that on January 13, on the occasion of Paush Purnima, the BOD levels exceeded the maximum permissible limits and on …

Will there be another Mahakumbh?
1 month ago

Will there be another Mahakumbh?

New Indian Express  

PRAYAGRAJ: The ongoing 44-day Mahakumbh mela at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh is the world's largest religious congregation where close to 60 crore people have taken holy dip at the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati. Prominent religious leaders and environmental experts are raising concerns that, unless urgent measures are taken, future Mahakumbh celebrations may be impossible due …

High level of faecal bacteria in Ganga at Prayagraj as millions take Kumbh dip
1 month, 1 week ago

High level of faecal bacteria in Ganga at Prayagraj as millions take Kumbh dip

India Today  

The National Green Tribunal has raised concerns about high levels of faecal bacteria in the Ganga at Prayagraj, following a report submitted by the Central Pollution Control Board. The tribunal had previously ordered the UPPCB to submit a detailed compliance report, but the board only provided water test results showing high faecal contamination. The ongoing monitoring and treatment of sewage …

Maha Kumbh: Daily water testing, removal of pooja waste among measures to keep Ganga 'dip-safe'
2 months ago

Maha Kumbh: Daily water testing, removal of pooja waste among measures to keep Ganga 'dip-safe'

Hindustan Times  

By Gunjan Sharma and Arunav Sinha Maha Kumbh: Daily water testing, removal of pooja waste among measures to keep Ganga 'dip-safe' Mahakumbh Nagar, Daily sample testing of river water by the Pollution Control Board, round-the-clock separation of flowers and pooja material from water a, 200-km temporary drainage system to channel all greywater to treatment facilities and state-of-the-art technology to deal …

Mahakumbh 2025: How Day 1 of Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj looks like | See aerial pics
2 months, 1 week ago

Mahakumbh 2025: How Day 1 of Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj looks like | See aerial pics

India TV News  

Image Source : pti 1/9 A huge crowd from Prayagraj, and from other states like Bihar, Haryana, Bengal, Odisha, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh is seen at various ghats of Prayagraj, including Sangam. Image Source : X 2/9 On the first day of Mahakumbh Mela 2025, around 1.50 crore Sanatan believers take a holy dip in …

Mahakumbh-2025: Two months of action later, Ganga water fit for holy dip
2 months, 1 week ago

Mahakumbh-2025: Two months of action later, Ganga water fit for holy dip

Hindustan Times  

Reprimanded by the National Green Tribunal for releasing untreated sewage into the Ganga, water at the Sangam point which carried chemicals from factories from 23 districts and filth from drains, is now flowing swift, in one of its cleanest forms seen in many years. Devotees take a dip in the Ganga at Prayagraj Prayagraj city alone generates 468.28 million litres …

Ganga dredging in Prayagraj 'environmental crime': Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ganga dredging in Prayagraj 'environmental crime': Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav

The Hindu  

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday termed the Ganga's dredging in Prayagraj an "environmental crime" to grant contracts to a select group of people to earn money through corruption. The Kannauj MP shared on X a news clip of dredging in the Ganga for the Maha Kumbh. Accepting this geographical truth, tampering with the flow of rivers is an …

Maha Kumbh: Uttar Pradesh administration oversees installation of tents, toilets, solar lights, plants to give complete makeover
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Maha Kumbh: Uttar Pradesh administration oversees installation of tents, toilets, solar lights, plants to give complete makeover

The Hindu  

As 2024 draws to a close, the entire State machinery in Uttar Pradesh has converged upon Sangam, the sacred confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati river in Prayagraj, racing against time to finalise the preparations for the Maha Kumbh beginning January 13, 2025. Maha Kumbh’s message is unity, banishment of hate from society: PM Modi Speaking during his …

'Ensure No Devotee Falls Sick After Dip In Ganga': NGT Tells Govt Ahead Of Maha Kumbh 2025
2 months, 3 weeks ago

'Ensure No Devotee Falls Sick After Dip In Ganga': NGT Tells Govt Ahead Of Maha Kumbh 2025

ABP News  

Maha Kumbh Mela 2025: Ahead of the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, the National Green Tribunal has directed officials concerned to ensure that the pilgrims visiting the mela do not suffer and that no untreated sewage and solid waste is discharged in river Ganga and Yamuna. The green tribunal has said that devotees who come to Prayagraj to take a holy …

Maha Kumbh 2025 | Ensure Pilgrims Don't Suffer, Prevent Sewage & Waste Discharge Into Ganga, Yamuna: NGT Directs UP PCB, CPCB
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Maha Kumbh 2025 | Ensure Pilgrims Don't Suffer, Prevent Sewage & Waste Discharge Into Ganga, Yamuna: NGT Directs UP PCB, CPCB

Live Law  

In a series of significant directions to the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board and Central Pollution Control Board, the National Green Tribunal has directed the authorities to ensure that the pilgrims visiting the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 do not suffer and that no untreated sewage and solid waste is discharged in river Ganga and Yamuna.This time around the 40-day Maha. …

Mahakumbh-2025: Healthy flows the Ganga again as ‘three Gangas’ merged into one
3 months ago

Mahakumbh-2025: Healthy flows the Ganga again as ‘three Gangas’ merged into one

Hindustan Times  

If you’ve seen glimpses/clips of a sea of humanity descending into the waters at the Sangam at previous Magh Melas, Kumbhs and Mahakumbhs, this time you will have to think of another epithet to describe the multitudes that take a bath on the bathing days of Mahakumbh-2025. The state irrigation department has merged three distinct streams of the Ganga at …

Mahakumbh 2025: Uttar Pradesh govt merges three streams of Ganga River into one at Sangam ahead of mela
3 months ago

Mahakumbh 2025: Uttar Pradesh govt merges three streams of Ganga River into one at Sangam ahead of mela

India TV News  

Mahakumbh 2025: Three streams of the Ganga river were merged at the Sangam area by the Irrigation Department of Uttar Pradesh to create better bathing facilities for millions of devotees expected to attend the Mahakumbh in 2025, officials said today. The department developed a strategic plan to ensure a grand Mahakumbh experience, centralizing bathing facilities for the anticipated 40 crore …

Industry closure plan firmed up for clean Ganga during Mahakumbh
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Industry closure plan firmed up for clean Ganga during Mahakumbh

Hindustan Times  

A plan has been drawn to stop the flow of industrial effluents to Prayagraj from various districts to make the Sangam waters clean for bathing during Mahakumbh-2025. This plan by the state environment and climate change department involves temporarily shutting down those industrial units in 23 Uttar Pradesh and two Uttarakhand districts that discharge waste into the Ganga or its …

West UP industries to halt operations for clean Ganga during Mahakumbh
3 months, 2 weeks ago

West UP industries to halt operations for clean Ganga during Mahakumbh

Hindustan Times  

Over 500 industrial units across 11 districts of western Uttar Pradesh have been directed to ensure “zero” discharge during the Mahakumbh in Prayagraj. The Ganga river-bed, near Sangam in Prayagraj The state government, along with the pollution control department, has devised a roster to regulate industrial operations on specific dates corresponding to the Mahakumbh bathing schedule. Yadav stated, “These committees …

Ganga pollution: After NGT’s rap, UP chalks out two-month plan for Mahakumbh
4 months, 1 week 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 …

Ahead of Mahakumbh, NGT raises red flag over untreated sewage discharge into Ganga
4 months, 1 week ago

Ahead of Mahakumbh, NGT raises red flag over untreated sewage discharge into Ganga

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW With eight weeks to Mahakumbh-2025, the National Green Tribunal has raised serious concerns over the deteriorating quality of water in the Ganga, citing discharge of untreated sewage into the river. “Monitoring of water quality at 41 locations discloses that the faecal coliform exceeds 500MNP/100ml at 16 locations and more than 2500 MNP/100ml at 17 locations, showing that water quality …

Water quality of Ganga in UP deteriorating due to discharge of sewage: NGT
4 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Ensure Water Quality Of Rivers At Prayagraj Is Maintained For Pilgrims Of Kumbh Mela: NGT To State Authorities
8 months, 2 weeks 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. …

‘Must be Prepared Before Mahakumbh’: Allahabad HC Seeks Report on Prayagraj’s Sewage System
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Must be Prepared Before Mahakumbh’: Allahabad HC Seeks Report on Prayagraj’s Sewage System

News 18  

The Allahabad High Court recently sought a detailed report on the plan of the Prayagraj Administration to take care of the extra generation of sewerage water and solid waste during various religious festivals. The bench of Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal, Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta and Justice Ajit Kumar observed, “It is a matter of fact that crores of people visit …

Prayagraj Hosts Several Religious Melas, Extra load on Sewage System must be Taken Care of: Allahabad HC
2 years, 2 months ago

Prayagraj Hosts Several Religious Melas, Extra load on Sewage System must be Taken Care of: Allahabad HC

News 18  

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that the city of Prayagraj hosts a number of religious congregations which results in additional sewage and solid waste, therefore, extra efforts should be made by the city administration to take care of this additional load on the system. Although the affidavit contained details of the Sewage Treatment Plants in Prayagraj which discharge sewage …

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria present in Ganga: Study
2 years, 4 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 …

Ensure no untreated waste is discharged into Ganga: National Green Tribunal to Uttarakhand
2 years, 9 months ago

Ensure no untreated waste is discharged into Ganga: National Green Tribunal to Uttarakhand

India TV News  

Highlights NGT directed Uttarakhand chief secy to look into complaint alleging discharge of untreated waste It asked for ensuring adequate arrangements for setting up requisite sewage treatment plants A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel noted the submission of the petitioner The National Green Tribunal has directed the Uttarakhand chief secretary to look into a complaint alleging …

No Dirty Water Will Flow into Yamuna by December-end, Says National Mission for Clean Ganga Official
3 years ago

No Dirty Water Will Flow into Yamuna by December-end, Says National Mission for Clean Ganga Official

News 18  

No dirty water will be flowing into the Yamuna by December-end as all drains carrying sewage into the river will be tapped, a senior official said. National Mission for Clean Ganga Director General G Asok Kumar said there are 18 drains that deliver dirty water into the Yamuna, and plans are afoot to tap these drains and divert the dirty …

No dirty water will flow into Yamuna by December-end: NMCG official
3 years ago

No dirty water will flow into Yamuna by December-end: NMCG official

The Hindu  

The over 1,300-km-long Yamuna is among the most polluted rivers in the country and also provides water to more than half of the national capital. No dirty water will be flowing into the Yamuna by December-end as all drains carrying sewage into the river will be tapped, a senior official said. National Mission for Clean Ganga Director General G. Asok …

Untreated effluent from Haryana contaminating Yamuna waters: Report
3 years, 4 months ago

Untreated effluent from Haryana contaminating Yamuna waters: Report

Hindustan Times  

Millions of litres of untreated effluent are being discharged into river Yamuna from Karnal’s Indri block contaminating the river which is considered a major source of drinking water in the national capital, shows the fifth report of the River Yamuna Monitoring Committee. The urban local bodies department failed to submit the action plan to check the flow of effluent in …

UP govt sets up 104 sewage treatment plants, water quality in Ganga, other rivers improves
3 years, 5 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, …

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

Take Remedial Measures To Avoid Untreated Sewage Being Discharged In River Ganga : NGT To States [Read Order]
5 years, 3 months 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 …

Namami Gange projects to be completed by 2022, government informs Lok Sabha
5 years, 3 months ago

Namami Gange projects to be completed by 2022, government informs Lok Sabha

India Today  

The Centre has set a deadline to complete all sanctioned works of Namami Gange project by 2022. The rest of the projects are at various stages of implementation, Minister of State for Jal Shakti & Social Justice and Empowerment Rattan Lal Kataria informed the Lok Sabha today in reply to a question. Under Namami Gange Programme, diverse set of interventions …

Ganga likely to have necessary e-flow by December 15
5 years, 5 months ago

Ganga likely to have necessary e-flow by December 15

India TV News  

The Centre has directed hydropower and irrigation projects on Ganga to ensure a minimum and uninterrupted flow in the river by December 15, a notification said. Issued last month, the notification reduced by more than half the time that was originally given to the projects to ensure compliance with the mandated environmental flows. The National Mission for Clean Ganga in …

Residents of low-lying areas in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj suffer as rise in water level of Yamuna and Ganga leads to flooding
5 years, 6 months ago

Residents of low-lying areas in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj suffer as rise in water level of Yamuna and Ganga leads to flooding

Firstpost  

The continuous rise in the water levels of Ganga and Yamuna rivers due to flooding has made the lives of residents in low-lying areas in and around Prayagraj difficult. We have vacated the low-lying areas and moved to safer places,” another local named Azhar Rizvi said. According to official sources, as many as 18 people have died due to rain-related …

With no cleaning work, river Yamuna continues to remain dry even after monsoon rains
5 years, 8 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 river water unfit for direct drinking, bathing: CPCB report
5 years, 9 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 …

Why the Grand Government Effort to Clean up the Ganga Is Failing
5 years, 11 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, 11 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, 2 months 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, 3 months 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 …

NGT Lays Out The Way Ahead To Resurrect ‘Holy Ganga’ [Read Judgment]
7 years, 8 months ago

NGT Lays Out The Way Ahead To Resurrect ‘Holy Ganga’ [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Extolling the ‘most celebrated river of all times’, the National Green Tribunal on Thursday laid out the ‘way ahead’ and shared ‘a new perspective’ for cleaning and rejuvenating Ganga river in the next two years with a string of directions, including announcement of Rs. Remarking on how the “Ganga Jal, which had the capacity even to purify added water from …

No sewage will be allowed to drain into Ganga
10 years, 4 months ago

No sewage will be allowed to drain into Ganga

The Hindu  

The government on Monday decided to clean in situ 144 open drains carrying sewage along with industrial effluents into the river Ganga as part of its plan to clean up the river system and allow eco-flows. A Ganga Vahini comprising ex-servicemen and NGOs will be constituted on the lines of the Red Cross at select locations along the river to …

Centre sets three year target to rejuvenate Ganga River
10 years, 7 months ago

Centre sets three year target to rejuvenate Ganga River

India TV News  

New Delhi: With the Narendra Modi Government according top priority to cleaning River Ganga, the Centre has set a target of three years to rejuvenate the polluted holy river. Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti today said that efforts are being made to rejuvenate the river in three years, for which steps would be taken to address the problem of …

Death of a river
12 years ago

Death of a river

The Hindu  

The Yamuna has been dying, silently and slowly but certainly for years and now it is dead. The Central Pollution Control Board informed the Supreme Court on November 9 last year that “For major part of the year, river Yamuna does not flow downstream of Wazirabad barrage as all the river water upstream of the barrage is ponded for water …

Ganga pollution reaches alarming levels
17 years, 9 months ago

Ganga pollution reaches alarming levels

Hindustan Times  

Ganga, the most sacred of rivers for Hindus, has become polluted for some years now. Since the Ganga waters at Haridwar have more than 5000 coliform and even the level of dissolved oxygen and biochemical oxygen doesn't conform the prescribed standards, it has been put in the D category. According to the study, the main cause of high level of …

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