Ganga's Cleansing of Utmost Importance to Govt, Says Jal Shakti Minister
3 years, 2 months ago

Ganga's Cleansing of Utmost Importance to Govt, Says Jal Shakti Minister

News 18  

Ganga’s cleansing is of utmost importance to the government as the sacred river has been the foundation of India’s economic activity, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Shekhawat said on Monday. The National Clean Ganga Mission has managed to connect the common man with the river, the minister said at the Ganga Utsav being organised here to celebrate rivers. “Ganga has been the foundation of India’s economic activity and livelihood of 40 per cent of the country’s population is dependent upon Ganga which also makes its cleansing of utmost importance for us,” he added. Shekhawat said India is a diverse country and rivers like Ganga bind and unite people so our commitment towards them is necessary.

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NMCG’s executive committee meeting: Five projects worth ₹73.39 crore approved for U.P.
4 months, 2 weeks ago

NMCG’s executive committee meeting: Five projects worth ₹73.39 crore approved for U.P.

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW: The Yogi government’s efforts to conserve and clean the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh have reached another milestone. The National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved five projects worth ₹73 crores in its 56th executive committee meeting held in New Delhi, according to a government press note. To begin with, the committee approved the project titled “Establishment of Secretariat for …

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. …

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 …

Reviving India’s Great Rivers: How Modi’s Leadership is Saving the Lifelines of India
10 months, 1 week ago

Reviving India’s Great Rivers: How Modi’s Leadership is Saving the Lifelines of India

News 18  

India is a land of rivers. That the initiative is led by the National Mission for Clean Ganga – the body overseeing the Namami Gange project – is noteworthy and speaks to the impact India’s effort to clean its most revered river has had on the international community. The Centre has taken several measures under the National River Conservation Plan …

Ganga mission clears projects worth ₹638 crore
1 year, 8 months ago

Ganga mission clears projects worth ₹638 crore

The Hindu  

The Jal Shakti Ministry’s National Mission for Clean Ganga cleared eight projects worth ₹638 crore on Tuesday. This clean-up comprises four projects, worth ₹407.39 crore, approved for pollution abatement in Shamli district, Uttar Pradesh. The four projects in Shamli district are: the construction of a 5 million litres per day sewage treatment plant, 5 KLD septage co-treatment facility, interception & …

United Nations delegate describes India's 'Namami Gange' mission as 'beacon of hope'
1 year, 9 months ago

United Nations delegate describes India's 'Namami Gange' mission as 'beacon of hope'

The Hindu  

India has high ambitions for improving its water sector and the ‘Namami Gange’ mission for the rejuvenation of the country’s longest river is a “beacon of hope” and an inspirational story, a UN delegate highlighted at the ongoing water conference here. The Ganga river is one of the iconic and vital streams in society that “help us understand the importance …

U.P. targets to make Ganga clean before `Kumbh’ 2025
2 years ago

U.P. targets to make Ganga clean before `Kumbh’ 2025

The Hindu  

Before the commencement of `Prayagraj Kumbh 2025’, the Uttar Pradesh government has vowed to make the river Ganga clean through the ‘Namami Gange’ mission. Mr. Adityanath called the river Ganga central to India’s faith, and asked for the people’s co-operation to clean the river and its tributeries. We should develop the model of river cruise and wildlife tourism with facilities …

‘Clean Ganga’ changes course to conservation, tourism, livelihood
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Clean Ganga’ changes course to conservation, tourism, livelihood

The Hindu  

Marking a shift in emphasis, the Union government’s flagship Namami Gange programme, conceived to improve the sanitation levels in the Ganga river is now geared towards conservation, tourism and providing economic livelihoods. At a meeting, earlier this week, of the top body tasked with coordinating Namami Gange activities and chaired by Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat the thrust …

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 …

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 …

Yogi Adityanath says clean Ganga is UP govt’s ‘top priority’, promises piped water to every household in state
5 years, 6 months ago

Yogi Adityanath says clean Ganga is UP govt’s ‘top priority’, promises piped water to every household in state

Firstpost  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that every household in the state will receive piped water within two years. Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that every household in the state will receive piped water within two years. “Every rural household will receive piped water in the state within two years. The chief …

Polluting River Ganga: NGT Directs Three States To Deposit Rs. 25 Lakhs Each For The Continued Damage To The River [Read Order]
5 years, 7 months ago

Polluting River Ganga: NGT Directs Three States To Deposit Rs. 25 Lakhs Each For The Continued Damage To The River [Read Order]

Live Law  

In a significant move, given the way there has been lackadaisical approach on part of the authorities in the past to implement NGT's orders, National Green Tribunal pulled up states of Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal over inaction on their part to respond to the Green Tribunal for unabated damage to river Ganga. The Chief Secretary, Uttar Pradesh may personally …

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 …

'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 …

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 …

Five times we tried to clean River Ganga, we failed: Chidambaram lauds NDA for bid to clean up initiative
5 years, 10 months ago

Five times we tried to clean River Ganga, we failed: Chidambaram lauds NDA for bid to clean up initiative

India TV News  

Lauding the BJP-led Centre for making a determined effort to clean up River Ganga, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said every government took some initiatives, which are good and beneficial. The top leader also credited the NDA government for "succeeding" in its National Highway building programme and further building on the initiatives of the UPA regime like the …

Ganga pollution rose in Uttarakhand in 2014-18, no change in UP, Bihar, WB
5 years, 11 months ago

Ganga pollution rose in Uttarakhand in 2014-18, no change in UP, Bihar, WB

Business Standard  

Ganga pollution rose in Uttarakhand in 2014-18, no change in UP, Bihar, WB A Central Pollution Control Board report showing this was put in public domain only after Supreme Court directions but withdrawn within 12 hours of questions being sent to the govt for this story Web Exclusive Premium In June 2014, the Union government approved the Namami Gange project …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Why Clean Ganga project has a long way to go
6 years, 5 months ago

Why Clean Ganga project has a long way to go

The Hindu  

What is the National Mission for Clean Ganga? It is a registered trust that runs the ‘Namami Gange’ mission — India’s most ambitious endeavour to clean the Ganga river. Previous attempts to clean the river have been unsuccessful because treatment infrastructure never kept pace with the scale of pollution and riparian Sstates and the Centre had not ensured that pollution …

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