If Left liberals treated Ganga like mother, no one would have polluted it: PM Modi
5 years, 8 months ago

If Left liberals treated Ganga like mother, no one would have polluted it: PM Modi

India Today  

With less than a month left for the Lok Sabha elections 2019 results, political leaders are leaving no stone unturned to woo voters. Prime Minister Narendra Modi filed his nomination from Varanasi on Friday after a mega 6-km long roadshow from Banaras Hindu University to Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi. Talking exclusively to Aaj Tak, Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about cleaning river Ganga and how long it will take to clean the river completely. Prime Minister Modi added that the situation of Ganga worsened when we made water just a chemical formula H2O and stopped treating it like a mother. Had these Left liberals treated Ganga like mother, nobody would have polluted the river," he said.

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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 …

Why has Ganga river gotten dirtier despite spending ₹20,000 crore: Congress asks PM Modi
8 months ago

Why has Ganga river gotten dirtier despite spending ₹20,000 crore: Congress asks PM Modi

The Hindu  

The Congress on Tuesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi why he has abandoned the Varanasi villages adopted by him and why the Ganga has gotten dirtier despite spending ₹20,000 crore. On a day PM Modi filed his nomination from Varanasi, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the outgoing PM must answer for his "failures" in Varanasi. Why is the PM …

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 …

'Height of loot, hypocrisy', Congress lashes out at Centre for reportedly imposing GST on Ganga water
1 year, 3 months ago

'Height of loot, hypocrisy', Congress lashes out at Centre for reportedly imposing GST on Ganga water

India TV News  

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge lashed out at PM Modi-led government for reportedly imposing an 18 per cent GST on Ganga river water. With Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertaking a day-long visit to Uttarakhand on Thursday, the Congress also asked when will he visit violence-hit Manipur. It is good that you are in Uttarakhand today, but your government has …

Allahabad HC expressed displeasure over pollution in Ganga
2 years, 3 months ago

Allahabad HC expressed displeasure over pollution in Ganga

The Hindu  

The Allahabad High Court has expressed displeasure over the apathy of the government departments in making the river Ganga pollution free in Uttar Pradesh and said that the ambitious National Mission for Clean Ganga was throwing dust in the eyes and little work to clean the river was visible on ground. A three-judge Bench of Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal, Justice …

'Results of Ganga cleaning programme not showing, river pollution index still high,' claims BHU scientist BD Tripathi
5 years, 8 months ago

'Results of Ganga cleaning programme not showing, river pollution index still high,' claims BHU scientist BD Tripathi

Firstpost  

BD Tripathi, Ganga Scientist, BHU says, “Ganga problem has been there for a long time. Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a new ministry. Thirty years before Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s flagship ‘Namami Gange’ was launched, late prime minister Rajeev Gandhi had set up the ‘Ganga Action Plan’ on 14 June, 1986. “There is no doubt that after Narendra Modi …

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 …

RTI query reveals PMO received three letters from Ganga activist GD Agrawal, but failed to act
6 years, 1 month ago

RTI query reveals PMO received three letters from Ganga activist GD Agrawal, but failed to act

Firstpost  

A month after environmentalist GD Agrawal died fasting for a clean Ganga, an RTI query has revealed that the Prime Minister’s Office received three letters from him demanding specific steps to be taken to imrpove the state of the river, but it failed to take action. A month after environmentalist GD Agrawal died fasting for a clean Ganga, an RTI …

PM Modi asks people to give up mindset of harming Ganga, urges for contribution to clean river
6 years, 4 months ago

PM Modi asks people to give up mindset of harming Ganga, urges for contribution to clean river

India TV News  

Urging people to contribute towards cleaning Ganga, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the mentality to harm the river should be given up. "I want to thank the people of Bijnore for working towards cleaning the Ganga," Modi said while interacting with the people of the Uttar Pradesh district during the launch of the 'Swachhata Hi Seva Movement' as …

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