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Set up PM-led body for 'Ganga cleaning': Parliamentary panel

By : sustainabilityo..., May 13, 2016

Pointing out how the work of Ganga rejuvenation is getting delayed due to multiplicity of implementing authorities, the parliamentary Committee on Estimates - chaired by the BJP Lok Sabha member...

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Subject Tags: Ganga clean-up , water

India, Germany sign agreement to rejuvenate Ganga

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 14, 2016

India and Germany on Wednesday signed an agreement to adopt and replicate, wherever possible, the river basin management strategies of the European rivers Rhine and Danube to rejuvenate the...

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NGT seeks complete data on sewage discharged in Ganga

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 23, 2016

The National Green Tribunal today slammed Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) over the quantum of sewage discharged in Ganga from various towns of the state and directed it to submit...

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Plantation drive across 5 states to revive Ganga

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 23, 2016

Seeking to rejuvenate the Ganga through a massive plantation exercise in its riverscape, the Centre on Tuesday released a detailed project report (DPR) on the sort of intervention it plans for...

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Ganga pollution: Centre to hold meet with village heads

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 25, 2016

With an aim of bringing down the level of pollution in Ganga, the Centre will hold a meeting with heads of all 1,657 villages situated along the river here next week.

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Germany wants to help India in Ganga rejuvenation plan

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 19, 2014

Germany is the latest country to show interest in the Narendra Modi government's Ganga rejuvenation plan. The European nation has an impressive record in cleaning its rivers and has expressed readiness to join hands with the issue here.
 
Delhi seems keen. "Since...

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CWC red-flags move on India-Australia cooperation on Ganga

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 14, 2014

A proposal to involve Australia for Ganga rejuvenation may lead to leakage of data over Ganga River basin to India's neighbouring countries. Expressing such apprehensions, the Central Water Commission (CWC) has red-flagged a move to include Ganga rejuvenation, especially...

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Govt to launch 'zero liquid discharge' pilot project

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 28, 2014

If the Centre gets states on board, it will not allow any of the 140 drains between Gangotri and Gangasagar to open into the river Ganga to discharge municipal and industrial waste water. A small step in this direction was taken on Monday when the government decided to launch...

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Stop polluting Ganga or shut shop: Uma Bharti

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 10, 2014

All polluting industries along the river Ganga will have to set up sensor-based real-time online effluent monitoring system by March 31 next year. The government on Wednesday said it was serious about the deadline with water resources minister Uma Bharti issuing a veiled...

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Govt launches web portal on Ganga Rejuvenation Plan

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 15, 2014

In a major step towards its cleanliness drive, the Ministry of Water Resource on Friday launched an exclusive web portal on the river Ganga. The purpose of this launch is to connect with public on the ambitious Ganga rejuvenation project of the National Democratic Alliance or...

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