Earlier, after the order of the high court, 150 establishments polluting the Ganga had been shut down ...
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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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In June, the rural areas (70 per cent of the state) were declared open defecation free and now its urban counterpart is striving to attain the title by end of this year ...
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Biomedical waste has been found dumped along with municipal solid waste in Dehradun, raising concerns about whether the city is being careless about the government’s biomedical waste disposal rules ...
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Situated on the banks of river Bhagirathi, Gangotri in Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand has been named as one of the ten new iconic places in Phase 2 of the Swachh Iconic Places initiative by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. Landmarks under this initiative needs to work towards implementing ‘higher standard of swachhta and visitors' amenities. ...
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The villages declared open defecation free (ODF) under 'Namami Gange' initiative by Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar cover all five Ganga basin states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. ...
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Under the Swachhta Pakhwada, garbage dumped in three tributaries of Ganga in Uttarakhand will be removed ...
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The National Green Tribunal in a landmark judgment ruled that 100 metres from the edge of the Ganga from Haridwar in Uttarakhand to Unnao in Uttar Pradesh will be a 'no-development zone' ...
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Hundreds of dead fishes were found floating in Ganga near Shukratal in Uttarakhand and speculation is that, this might have happened due to toxic industrial effluents in the river discharged by industries ...
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On March 20, the Uttarakhand High Court had granted the status of ‘living human entities’ to India’s largest rivers - Ganga and Yamuna ...
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Director of State Water and Sanitation Mission congratulated the rural women of Uttarakhand in bringing about behavourial change towards defecating in open and helping the state achieve the Open Defecation Free status ...
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Ever since the launch of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, nearly 5,84,000 toilets have been constructed in more than 7,500 villages of Uttarakhand ...
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