Disposal of animal waste being one of the reasons for pollution in Ganga, the Minister for Water Resources and Ganga Rejuvenation, Nitin Gadkari instructed contractors to speed up and complete animal crematoria project by December 2018 ...
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Clean Ganga
The Ardh Kumbh Mela of 2019 will be held between January and March in Allahbad and will draw millions of people, and the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is determined to make the festival a Swachh one ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Earlier, after the order of the high court, 150 establishments polluting the Ganga had been shut down ...
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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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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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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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