Voicing dissatisfaction over the steps taken by the Uttarakhand government to clean the Ganga, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Uttarakhand and the UP pollution control boards to publicise the water quality of the river at all strategic locations on a monthly basis and indicate if it is fit for bathing and drinking ...
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The album Shanti Samsara was conceived after meeting with PM Modi and contains songs like "Ganga", throwing light on the pollution plaguing the river, and on "Earth and Water" ...
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The proposed projects will prevent the flow of 32 crore Litres of Sewage per day into the Ganga river from 13 towns of Bihar ...
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As part of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated Chandi Ghat River Front Development Project with facilities like chlorinator, overhead tank, water supply network, parking area inside cremation ghat ...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi donates monetary award of $200,000 (Rs. 1 crore 30 lakh) to the Namami Gange fund to clean river Ganga ...
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The Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation has taken up several projects in Varanasi since 2015 for the treatment of sewer water that have been so far directly emptying into the river ganga, these include setting up of three sewage treatment plants (STP), regular cleaning of 84 ghats, repair of ghats, and removal of floating garbage in the river ...
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The National Mission for Clean Ganga also undertook projects for ensuring solid waste management and sanitation at the Kumbh, with construction of 27,500 toilets, 20,000 urinals and 1,60,000 dustbins ...
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While the Union Minister Nitin Gadkari recently claimed that the Ganga will be 100 per cent clean by March 2020, environmentalists say it is still a distant dream due to lack of focus on ensuring the continuous flow of the river ...
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Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Uma Bharti visited Prayagraj for the 2019 Kumbh Mela to review the sanitation arrangements made by the Uttar Pradesh government and interact with the 1,500 swachhagrahis working day and night to ensure cleanliness ...
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83 out of the 97 Ganga towns have already achieved ODF (open defecation free) status, of which 44 have been certified ODF by third-party verification ...
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Special emphasis is being laid on cleanliness and hygiene by building toilets, placing dustbins and managing the drainage system as Prayagraj(Allahabad) gears up to receive millions of pilgrimage during the Kumbh Mela which will be held from January 15 to March 4 on the bank of Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati confluence called ‘the Sangam’ ...
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The workshop brought together around 60 representatives from various large river basins and River Basin Organisations around the world, including India, as well as of key authorities in the Ganga River Basin ...
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