Finding alternate ways for waste disposal key to clean Ganga: Netherlands
10 years, 5 months ago

Finding alternate ways for waste disposal key to clean Ganga: Netherlands

India TV News  

Rotterdam: As India gears up for the gigantic task of cleaning up the Ganges river, the Netherlands, which has vast experience in river rejuvenation, has suggested that finding alternate ways for waste disposal is key to stop pollution in the holy river. In a recent interaction with visiting journalists to the Netherlands, Minister of Infrastructure and Environment Melanie Henriette Schultz van Haegen-Maas Geesteranus said that educating people about the problem was also important. The Netherlands is evincing keen interest in cleaning up the river in the light of the NDA Government prioritising cleansing of the Ganges and planning it to make a model to rejuvenate other populated rivers in rest of India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also called for the support of NRIs in campaigns like Clean India and Clean Ganga, saying that cleaning of the Ganges was part of his economic agenda as economic conditions of nearly 40 per cent of Indian population could be linked to the river.

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Process Used In 'Namami Gange' Project To Treat Sewage Before Dumping Has Been Employed To Clean Sabarmati River: AMC Tells Gujarat HC
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Process Used In 'Namami Gange' Project To Treat Sewage Before Dumping Has Been Employed To Clean Sabarmati River: AMC Tells Gujarat HC

Live Law  

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation informed the Gujarat High Court on Friday that it is using the process of bio-remediation–which employs microbial/bacterial consortia to treat raw sewage and partially treat the water before it is released into the Sabarmati river. The court, in its December 6, 2024 order, had asked the counsel for AMC to bring the progress made in establishment …

Ganga pollution: After NGT’s rap, UP chalks out two-month plan for Mahakumbh
4 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Clean Ganga: 5 projects worth ₹73.39 crore approved for Uttar Pradesh
6 months, 4 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. …

Reviving India’s Great Rivers: How Modi’s Leadership is Saving the Lifelines of India
1 year 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, 11 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 & …

U.P. targets to make Ganga clean before `Kumbh’ 2025
2 years, 3 months 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, 3 months 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 …

Ensure no untreated waste is discharged into Ganga: National Green Tribunal to Uttarakhand
2 years, 10 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 …

Ganga's Cleansing of Utmost Importance to Govt, Says Jal Shakti Minister
3 years, 4 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 …

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, …

[Pollution Of Ganga Tributaries In Varanasi] NGT Constitutes Independent Monitoring Committee For Restoration And Rejuvenation Of Rivers Varuna And Assi
3 years, 9 months ago

[Pollution Of Ganga Tributaries In Varanasi] NGT Constitutes Independent Monitoring Committee For Restoration And Rejuvenation Of Rivers Varuna And Assi

Live Law  

The National Green Tribunal has on Thursday constituted an independent Monitoring Committee for the purpose of restoration and rejuvenation of the rivers Varuna and Assi, tributaries to river Ganga, in Varanasi.The Committee comprises of the Central Pollution Control Board, State Pollution Control Board, National Mission for Clean Ganga and District Magistrate, Varanasi, with. The National Green Tribunal has on Thursday …

Innocent Citizens Drink Ganga Water Out of Reverence Without Knowing Harmful Contents: NGT
4 years, 1 month ago

Innocent Citizens Drink Ganga Water Out of Reverence Without Knowing Harmful Contents: NGT

News 18  

Innocent citizens drink Ganga water out of reverence without knowing the harmful contents and the least expected from the authorities is to notify the extent of harmful contents at appropriate locations including at Ganga Sagar in West Bengal, the National Green Tribunal said Wednesday. "Out of reverence for the Ganga water, innocent citizens drink the same without knowing the harmful …

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, 4 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 …

Polluting River Ganga: NGT Directs Three States To Deposit Rs. 25 Lakhs Each For The Continued Damage To The River [Read Order]
5 years, 9 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, 11 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, 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 …

Five times we tried to clean River Ganga, we failed: Chidambaram lauds NDA for bid to clean up initiative
6 years 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
6 years, 2 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 …

PM Modi slams previous governments for failing to clean Ganga
6 years, 2 months ago

PM Modi slams previous governments for failing to clean Ganga

India TV News  

PM Modi slams previous governments for failing to clean Ganga He said meaningful results are achieved when the government works with transparency and honesty. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused previous governments of not being able to rejuvenate the Ganga despite spending thousands of crore of rupees and said to keep the river 'nirmal', the intentions also needed to …

Opinion | Aaj ki Baat Dec 25 episode: Rajat Sharma on how India's holiest river Ganga is being transformed
6 years, 3 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, 4 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 …

Why Clean Ganga project has a long way to go
6 years, 7 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 …

Panel on Ganga cleaning law proposes two new bodies
7 years, 8 months ago

Panel on Ganga cleaning law proposes two new bodies

India TV News  

Panel on Ganga cleaning law proposes two new bodies A panel framing a draft law on the cleaning of the Ganga has proposed a two- tiered mechanism to replace two existing bodies which are implementing the Namami Gange programme. An official panel, framing a draft law on the cleaning of the Ganga, has proposed a two- tiered mechanism to replace …

Clean Ganga: NGT Puts 50K Cost On Polluters, No Development Near River
7 years, 8 months ago

Clean Ganga: NGT Puts 50K Cost On Polluters, No Development Near River

Live Law  

The National Green Tribunal on Thursday prohibited dumping of waste within 500 metres of the river Ganga while announcing an environment compensation of RS 50,000 to be paid by defaulter.A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also declared area of 100 metres from the edge of Ganga between Haridwar and Unnao as " No Development Zone"While directing all …

NGT to impose Rs50,000 fine for dumping waste in Ganga river
7 years, 8 months ago

NGT to impose Rs50,000 fine for dumping waste in Ganga river

Live Mint  

New Delhi: In a landmark order aimed at cleaning up and rejuvenating the Ganga, considered a holy river by millions of Indians, the National Green Tribunal on Thursday banned all construction within 100 metres of the river’s edge from Haridwar in Uttarakhand to Unnao in Uttar Pradesh. “Any government agency, public authority, industry or person who violates any of the …

World Water Day: Ganga river gets an Intach hope to free itself from being awash in trash
8 years ago

World Water Day: Ganga river gets an Intach hope to free itself from being awash in trash

Firstpost  

The reality is that more than one billion gallons of raw sewage and industrial effluents enter the Ganges every day and it is now ranked one of the ten most polluted rivers in the world. At the suggestion of Intach chairman Major General LK Gupta, it was decided to clean up the Assi river which flows into the Ganges at …

Public money wasted, not a drop of Ganga cleaned: NGT
8 years, 1 month ago

Public money wasted, not a drop of Ganga cleaned: NGT

Hindustan Times  

“Not a single drop of river Ganga has been cleaned so far,” the National Green Tribunal on Monday observed, rapping the government agencies for “only wasting public money” in the name of the cleaning project. The tribunal asked the government agencies about how they were executing the Prime Minister’s ambitious ‘Namami Gange project’ and said it does not want the …

SC Seeks Status Report On Ganga Cleanup
8 years, 2 months ago

SC Seeks Status Report On Ganga Cleanup

Live Law  

The hearing on a 32 year old PIL which urged urgent steps to clean up the Ganga resumed today with the bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar seeking a status report from the centre on the steps taken to set up sewage treatment plants along the banks of the holy river.The bench which also comprises of Justice D …

Tell us one place where Ganga is clean: NGT asks Centre
9 years, 5 months ago

Tell us one place where Ganga is clean: NGT asks Centre

India TV News  

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal on Friday asked the government to "tell one place" where the Ganga is clean and said that despite spending huge sums, the situation has gone from bad to worse. Expressing open displeasure over the government's lackadaisical approach towards ensuring cleanliness and uninterrupted flow of the river, it said "we take it that almost nothing …

Jaitley urges Indians worldwide to donate towards to Namami Ganga programme
9 years, 6 months ago

Jaitley urges Indians worldwide to donate towards to Namami Ganga programme

Firstpost  

The finance minister said some months ago Prime Minister Narendra Modi had met Amma and she had expressed the desire to contribute to one of major national initiatives. Kollam, Kerala: Stressing the need to preserve Ganga river which symbolises the country’s culture and heritage, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today made a fervent plea to Indians across the world to contribute …

Govt officials to discuss Ganga cleanliness alongwith local authorities- India TV News
9 years, 10 months ago

Govt officials to discuss Ganga cleanliness alongwith local authorities- India TV News

India TV News  

Kanpur: A group of central government officials yesterday met local municipal authorities and the Jal Board here and discussed with them issues related to cleaning of the Ganga river. Kanpur District Magistrate Roshan Jacob said Joint Secretary and Mission Director of the National Mission for Clean Ganga, TVSN Prasad and other officials arrived here and held meetings with authorities from …

Environmentalists for declaration of Ganga as World Heritage | India TV News
9 years, 11 months ago

Environmentalists for declaration of Ganga as World Heritage | India TV News

India TV News  

Lucknow: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking keen interest in cleaning of Ganga, a group of environmentalists will be petitioning him to pursue with UNESCO for declaration of upper region of the holy river as a World Heritage Site. Bhargava said he suggested that a well structured Territorial Army Division, consisting of Eco Task Force Units of ex-servicemen, should be …

Will clean up Ganga in three years: Uma Bharti
10 years, 3 months ago

Will clean up Ganga in three years: Uma Bharti

India TV News  

Allahabad: Union Minister Uma Bharti today asserted that the Centre was committed to cleaning up Ganga within three years even as she voiced dismay over the extent of pollution after an inspection here saying the people were getting only “effluents” and not “Ganga jal” from the river. Earlier this year, in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, an affidavit …

Clean Ganga: Govt to focus on re-use of effluents, model burning ghats
10 years, 3 months ago

Clean Ganga: Govt to focus on re-use of effluents, model burning ghats

India TV News  

New Delhi: Emphasis on re-use of effluents by industries, creating model cremation ghats on river banks and special projects on stretches without sewage treatment plants are part of the major initiatives to be implemented for cleansing the polluted Ganga river. With the aim to clean the holy river, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati has finalised a comprehensive programme for …

Ganga cleanup plan start of mission to clean major waterbodies: Prakash Javadekar
10 years, 4 months ago

Ganga cleanup plan start of mission to clean major waterbodies: Prakash Javadekar

India TV News  

Chennai: The Centre's Ganga clean-up programme was the ‘beginning' of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government's mission to clean up major water bodies in India, including southern rivers, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said today. He said the government was particularly keen on increasing solar power generation, recalling the success achieved by Modi as Gujarat Chief Minister in this sector. Further, …

Govt to form teams to identify source of Ganga pollution
10 years, 4 months ago

Govt to form teams to identify source of Ganga pollution

The Hindu  

Expediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet project of cleansing the Ganga, the Centre will constitute 25 special teams to check the source of pollution of the holy river so that further action could be taken accordingly. The teams to be drawn from different wings of the Ministry of Water Resources would inspect various drains of the river during winters as …

No sewage will be allowed to drain into Ganga
10 years, 5 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 …

Cleansing Ganga: Govt to focus on polluting drainage systems
10 years, 5 months ago

Cleansing Ganga: Govt to focus on polluting drainage systems

India TV News  

New Delhi: Gearing up to cleanse river Ganga, the government today decided to initiate a slew of measures, including focusing on polluting drainage systems and to establish Ganga Vahini for spreading message of its rejuvenation. While the Centre is mulling to take a leaf out of the Sabarmati river front project in Gujarat to develop the river fronts of several …

Alternate ways for waste disposal key for cleaning Ganga: Netherlands
10 years, 5 months ago

Alternate ways for waste disposal key for cleaning Ganga: Netherlands

Firstpost  

Netherlands said that finding alternate ways for waste disposal was key for cleaning up river Ganga. Rotterdam: As India gears up for the gigantic task of cleaning up the Ganges river, the Netherlands, which has vast experience in river rejuvenation, has suggested that finding alternate ways for waste disposal is key to stop pollution in the holy river. The NDA …

Cleaning Ganga will take 18 years and massive investment: Centre to SC
10 years, 6 months ago

Cleaning Ganga will take 18 years and massive investment: Centre to SC

India TV News  

New Delhi: After being rapped by the Supreme Court for its approach to clean Ganga, the Narendra Modi government has placed before it a blueprint of short, medium and long term measures that spread over 18 years and thousands of crore of investment to restore the glory of the holy river. The NDA government submitted that it has identified 118 …

Government considering dedicated university on Ganga rejuvenation
10 years, 6 months ago

Government considering dedicated university on Ganga rejuvenation

India TV News  

New Delhi: To give an impetus to the Ganga rejuvenation programme, the Ministry of Water Resources is considering setting up a dedicated university for the purpose. Many things we are thinking about and it is one of them," Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti told reporters on the sidelines of an international conference on 'Natural Treatment System for Safe and Sustainable …

Israel offers Modi govt help in project to clean up Ganga
10 years, 6 months ago

Israel offers Modi govt help in project to clean up Ganga

Firstpost  

Israel has expressed interest in sharing its expertise on water purification and waste water treatment under Modi’s pet project for cleaning river Ganga. New Delhi: Israel has expressed interest in sharing its expertise on water purification and waste water treatment under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet project for cleaning river Ganga. Speaking on sidelines of a seminar on ‘Water Security …

‘Plan to clean Ganga by 2019 impossible’
10 years, 6 months ago

‘Plan to clean Ganga by 2019 impossible’

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “simplified” plan to clean Ganga, is an “impossible task.” The government will never be able to clean the river before the next Lok Sabha election feels former Environment Minister, Jairam Ramesh. Later in 2009, Mr Ramesh launched his own brand of “Ganga Action Plan ” and now the Prime Minister has vowed to come up with …

Ganga clean-up
10 years, 6 months ago

Ganga clean-up

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court’s incisive observations on the >Ganga clean-up plan is to be considered seriously. P. Mohanty, Varanasi It is gratifying that the Supreme Court has decided to monitor the job of cleaning the Ganga. The first step would be to locate an area where a giant sewage treatment plant can be set up. Now that Japan is supposed 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 …

Centre sets three year target to clean-up Ganga
10 years, 7 months ago

Centre sets three year target to clean-up Ganga

The Hindu  

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 on Wednesday said that efforts are being made to rejuvenate the river in three years, for which steps would be taken to address the problem of pollution …

Ganga clean-up project can emulate Thames model, says expert
10 years, 8 months ago

Ganga clean-up project can emulate Thames model, says expert

The Hindu  

Even as Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced an ambitious Rs. 2037-crore ‘Namami Ganga’ project in his maiden budget to kick-start the process of cleaning up the holy river, a noted water expert has said the model adopted to rejuvenate the Thames in London could be “ideal” for freeing the Ganga from pollution. But in subsequent years, as part of …

Ganga clean up project gets Rs2,037 crore in Union Budget
10 years, 8 months ago

Ganga clean up project gets Rs2,037 crore in Union Budget

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance has allocated more than ₹ 2,000 crore to start the process of cleaning the Ganga river in the budget for the current fiscal year. Finance minister Arun Jaitely announced an integrated Ganga conservation mission, called “Namami Gange”, with an outlay of ₹ 2,037 crore for the year ending next 31 March. Jaitley also proposed …

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