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Uttarakhand Police have arrested three people, including Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan suspended engineer, for alleged negligence in the electrocution incident which led to the death of 16 people at the sewerage treatment plant under Namami Gange at Gopeshwar of Chamoli district, officials said. Arrested accused in the custody of Chamoli police in Uttarakhand “We have arrested Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan suspended additional …

Dehradun: Chamoli Police on Thursday registered a case against the supervisor of a joint-venture company outsourced for operation and maintenance of the Namami Gange Sewerage Treatment Plant at Gopeshwar, a day after 16 people were killed and 11 injured after getting electrocuted, officials said. “Prima facie, Hardev Lal has been found guilty of negligence in the execution of his duties,” …

A lack of communication between government agencies despite red flags, the restoration of electricity without identifying the root cause of a fault, and lack of accountability seem to have caused the death of 16 people and injuries to 11 others, all of whom were electrocuted at Namami Gange Sewerage Treatment Plant at Gopeshwar in Chamoli on Wednesday morning. Kranti Bhatt, …

PM Modi to Inaugurate Six Mega Projects in Uttarakhand Under Namami Gange Mission

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate six mega projects in Uttarakhand under the ‘Namami Gange Mission’ on Tuesday through a videoconference. The Prime Minister’s Office said on Monday that the projects include construction of a 68 MLD sewage treatment plant, upgradation of the existing 27 MLD STP at Jagjeetpur in Haridwar and construction of an 18 MLD STP at Sarai …

Reality check: Modi govt's Namami Gange project a non-starter

As the boat cruises along the banks, slurries gurgle dark black sewage into the Ganga, littered with plastic, carcasses and trash. Along Varanasi's ghats, lab tests have found bacterial contamination is now higher than the levels recorded back in 2014 -- when the Modi government launched its most ambitious Namami Gange initiative to clean up the river. In its reply …