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Environment ministry adopts new plan to rejuvenate rivers

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 25, 2018

The environment ministry on Wednesday announced a new strategy for conservation and rejuvenation of major river water systems, stating that focus will now be on the entire river basin compared...

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Godavari cleared of 160 tonne waste

By : sustainabilityo..., Jun 5, 2017

The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) in association with around 600 non-government organisations (NGOs) conducted a drive to clean river Godavari in the city ahead of the World Environment Day...

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PM to states: Follow Madhya Pradesh to breathe life into rivers

By : sustainabilityo..., May 16, 2017

PM Narendra Modi praised Madhya Pradesh on Monday for turning the conservation of its "lifeline", the Narmada, into a "mass movement", and urged other states to follow its example in their own...

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PM Modi to launch river conservation project in Madhya Pradesh to ensure pollution-free Narmada

By : sustainabilityo..., May 15, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch on Monday the Narmada Seva Mission for the conservation of the crucial river, which is a lifeline of Madhya Pradesh.

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NGT to inspect Ganga pollution itself

By : sustainabilityo..., May 3, 2017

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday decided to itself inspect the most polluted stretch of Ganga river, between Haridwar in Uttarakhand to Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh — to get the clear...

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NGT asks for report on waste water reaching the Yamuna

By : sustainabilityo..., May 2, 2017

The National Green Tribunal on Monday asked for an analytical report on effluent samples of sewage treatment plants (STPs) at Delhi Gate and Okhla to monitor cleaning of waste water reaching the...

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Stricter penalty for polluting Ganga on cards

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 13, 2017

Days after the Uttarakhand high court granted the status of living entity to Ganga, a committee of experts submitted on Wednesday its draft model law to the government suggesting strict penalty...

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NGT: Take steps to curb pollution in Pali river

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 13, 2016

National Green Tribunal (NGT) in its latest directions with respect to the unprecedented and rampant pollution due to textile dyeing/ printing industry in Pali affecting hundreds of villages has...

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