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‪Ganga Can’t Be Clean Unless Its Tributaries Like Yamuna Are Clean: Nitin Gadkari‬

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Written By: Karanvir Singh | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
June 18, 2018
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Ganga Clean-Up News
The tributaries of both Ganga and Yamuna rivers and all filthy drains causing pollution will be cleaned, and the treated waste water will be used for non-potable purposes‬
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Ganga Pollution: Perception That ‘Nothing Significant’ Being Done To Clean Ganga Is Not Correct, 80% Ganga To Be Clean By March 2019, Says Nitin Gadkari

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Written By: Karanvir Singh | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
May 16, 2018
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Ganga Clean-Up News
Allaying doubts that the ambitious Namami Gange project has failed to reduce the pollution in Ganga, Minister Gadkari said that the cleaning river Ganga is a difficult task but the government is fully committed towards cleaning the 2,525-km-long river
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Sewage Treatment In Top 10 Sewage Generating Cities On Ganga Banks To Be Doubled By 2021, Says National Mission For Clean Ganga

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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
May 3, 2018
Ganga Cleanup In Kanpur 77 Polluting Units Issued Closure Directions
Ganga Clean-Up News
Over 2,300 million litres of sewage is generated daily by 10 cities, and the NMCG’s renewed focus on them is expected to tackle 80 per cent of Ganga’s pollution
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Government Forms A Territorial Army Battalion Of Ex-Servicemen To Clean Ganga By 2020

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Written By: Karanvir Singh | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
January 10, 2018
Seal Hotels, Industries, Ashrams That Are Polluting Ganga: Uttarakhand High Court
Ganga Clean-Up News
The Territorial Army will contribute to cleaning up of river Ganga, which provides water to 40 percent of India’s population and is one of the country’s most used, and abused rivers
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Rs 220 Crore Collected Under Clean Ganga Fund Till Now: Government

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Written By: Karanvir Singh
January 5, 2018
Apathy of government authorities and the public has resulted in the current state of Ganga, says Mr Mehta
Ganga Clean-Up News
Of the Rs 220 crore available in the Clean Ganga Fund, which was established in 2014 to finance the activities outlined under the ‘Namami Gange’ programme, only Rs 1,09,106 has been spent for cleaning of the river Ganga
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Government To Launch ‘Ganga Gram’ Project For Sanitation Development In Villages On Banks Of River Ganga

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PTI
December 22, 2017
E-Waste On Ramganga Banks Has Toxic Chemicals: Uttar Pradesh Authorities To National Green Tribunal
Ganga Clean-Up News
The Centre and the state governments have identified 24 villages to be taken up under a pilot project to transform them into 'Ganga Grams'
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Seal Hotels, Industries, Ashrams That Are Polluting Ganga: Uttarakhand High Court

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PTI
December 21, 2017
Seal Hotels, Industries, Ashrams That Are Polluting Ganga: Uttarakhand High Court
Ganga Clean-Up News Uttarakhand
Earlier, after the order of the high court, 150 establishments polluting the Ganga had been shut down
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Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui To Be Face Of A Water Conservation Campaign

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IANS
March 19, 2018
Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui To Be Face Of A Water Conservation Campaign
Ganga Clean-Up News World Water Day Special
I think the ministry chose me considering my background in farming and the connect that I have with common people, says the actor
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File Report On Power Plants Discharging Toxic Effluents In Ganga Basin Or Pay Fine: NGT To Pollution Control Board

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PTI
November 15, 2017
Ganga Cleanup In Kanpur 77 Polluting Units Issued Closure Directions
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The tribunal was hearing a plea filed by NGO Indian Council for Enviro Legal Action seeking regulation of thermal power plants located in the Ganga river basin
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Work On Three River-Linking Projects And Other Schemes For A Pollution-Free Ganga Will Begin In Next Three Months: Minister Nitin Gadkari

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IANS
October 26, 2017
Work On Three River-Linking Projects And Other Schemes For A Pollution-Free Ganga Will Begin In Next Three Months: Minister Nitin Gadkari
Delhi Ganga Clean-Up News
River-linking project will solve the problem of floods and the issue of water scarcity. It will also help the farmers in agricultural irrigation, tells Minister Nitin Gadkari
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National Green Tribunal Directs Centre To Submit A Report On Steps Taken To Clean Ganga In The Stretch Between Gomukh And Unnao

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PTI
October 16, 2017
National Green Tribunal Questions Delhi Government On Mechanisms Adopted To Discard Seized Plastic
Delhi News Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand
A bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar also asked all the stakeholders to state the course of action they propose to take in relation to Phase-2 from Kanpur to Uttar Pradesh border
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Task Force To Set Ganga Clean-Up Targets In A Week: Nitin Gadkari On Day 1 As Water Resource Minister

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PTI
September 4, 2017
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Union minister Nitin Gadkari, who assumed additional charge of water resources, said the ministry would come out with a detailed schedule on achieving various targets under the mission in a time-bound and transparent manner in a week
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