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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Days after National Mission for Clean Ganga asked a detailed report from the UP government, the state government has started collating district-wise data of “unidentified dead bodies or unclaimed corpses” fished out or recovered from Ganga across the state. Achchhe Lal Singh Yadav, Additional Project Director, State Mission for Clean Ganga -Uttar Pradesh has written to 72 district magistrates seeking …
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