According to a World Bank official, the new projects will be taken up to rejuvenate important tributaries of the Ganga river like Yamuna and Kali ...
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Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Director General of National Mission for Clean Ganga said that the government has collaborated with Wildlife Institute of India for cleaning and de-siltation of the wetlands of the river Ganga ...
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On the occasion of World Rivers Day, environmentalists prepared a charter of demands to be presented to the government seeking steps to rejuvenate the river Yamuna including setting up of a central rivers authority and national rivers policy ...
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Chairing the review, Union Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha listed the efforts by the Jal Shakti Abhiyan which include 1.54 lakh water conservation and rainwater harvesting measures and 20,000 rejuvenation of traditional water bodies among others ...
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The government has launched ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ to ensure drinking water to all by 2024, however, it slashed budget for major schemes for the conservation of water sources like National Ganga Plan, National River Conservation Groundwater Management ...
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A committee formed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on cleaning of Yamuna said that the river has been reduced to a trickle and remains dry in some stretches for almost nine months of the year, adding that it would not be possible to rejuvenate the river unless the minimum environmental flow is provided ...
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In an effort to clean Yamuna river in Dlehi, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari laid foundation stones of eleven projects to conserve the 22-km stretch of the Yamuna in the national capital from Wazirabad to Okhla barrage ...
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While hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by social activists seeking the cleaning of the Godavari River, the Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to take urgent steps to curb pollution in the River and implement the recommendations of the National Environmental Engineering Institute (NERI) in controlling pollution ...
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The 2 per cent stretch from Wazirabad to Okhla sees the maximum discharge of untreated industrial and domestic wastes ...
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With 275 polluted river stretches, contaminated groundwater in nine major states and dying lakes across the country, India stares at a massive water crisis in coming days ...
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The global water crisis can help India learn a lot about steps that need to be taken to address the widening demand – supply gap in the country ...
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On January 24, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan announced the new strategies for river rejuvenation, which will focus on the entire river basin unlike the current strategy that was limited to tackling pollution load from domestic wastewater and regulation of industrial pollution ...
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