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 and chemical pollutants,” said Alok Dhawan, director, CSIR-IITR. “We will also put up a framework of ways to improve the water quality of the river based on the findings,” Dhawan 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 …

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 …

Bihar to check Ganga water quality before and after idol immersion during Dussehra
1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar to check Ganga water quality before and after idol immersion during Dussehra

Hindustan Times  

The Bihar State Pollution Control Board has decided to conduct quality check of water pollution levels in the Ganga River before and after idol immersion during the Dussehra season, officials said. S Chandrashekhar, member secretary, State Pollution Control Board, said the board has directed the Puja organisers to perform immersion in the artificial ponds and to remove decoration items and …

Seven years on, mission to clean the Ganga remains a work in progress
1 year, 4 months ago

Seven years on, mission to clean the Ganga remains a work in progress

The Hindu  

In the seven years since the government unveiled its ambitious ₹20,000 crore National Mission for Clean Ganga, it has installed treatment plants capable of treating just 20% of the sewage estimated to be generated in the five major States that lie along the river. However, the NMCG plans on setting up sewage treatment plants capable of treating about 7,000 MLD …

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 …

Water quality in lower stretches of Ganga alarming: Study
3 years, 1 month ago

Water quality in lower stretches of Ganga alarming: Study

India Today  

Amid threats of increasing floods in Ganga, scientists have found water quality in the lower stretches of the river to be alarming. Led by Professor Punyasloke Bhadury from the Integrative Taxonomy and Microbial Ecology Research Group at IISER Kolkata, scientists monitored nine sites encompassing 59 stations along 50 kilometres of the lower stretches of the River Ganga over two years. …

Floating bodies in Ganga: Bihar sends water samples for Covid contamination testing
3 years, 7 months ago

Floating bodies in Ganga: Bihar sends water samples for Covid contamination testing

Deccan Chronicle  

Patna: Days after bodies were found floating in Ganga in the state, samples collected from the river have been sent for testing to check for COVID-19 contamination in the water, informed Bihar State Pollution Control Board Scientist, Navin Kumar. He mentioned that the initiative of conducting such an investigation of the river water was taken through the National Mission for …

Ganga water quality improves, mountain ranges become visible as air quality improves amidst coronavirus lockdown
4 years, 9 months ago

Ganga water quality improves, mountain ranges become visible as air quality improves amidst coronavirus lockdown

Op India  

Amidst the nationwide lockdown announced by the Central Government to check the transmission of the Wuhan Coronavirus in India, the water quality of river Ganga has seemingly improved in Varanasi and Kanpur in the state of Uttar Pradesh as per reports. As per Dr PK Mishra, Professor at Chemical Engineering&Technology, IIT-BHU,Varanasi, there has been 40-50% improvement in quality of water …

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 …

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 …

Ganga water quality has worsened due to untreated sewage, govt should have prioritised clean-up project, says chief of NGO
5 years, 9 months ago

Ganga water quality has worsened due to untreated sewage, govt should have prioritised clean-up project, says chief of NGO

Firstpost  

Sankat Mochan Foundation, which has been monitoring the quality of the Ganga water for over three decades, found in its latest study that levels of faecal coliform bacteria had risen substantially, while levels of dissolved oxygen had dropped. The study showed that levels of faecal coliform, a form of bacteria, in the Ganga had risen substantially, while levels of dissolved …

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 …

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