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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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Industries Are A Backbone To State Development But Government Won’t Tolerate Any Environmental Pollution: Environment Minister Om Prakash Soni

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PTI
June 15, 2018
Industries Are A Backbone To State Development But Government Won’t Tolerate Any Environmental Pollution: Environment Minister Om Prakash Soni
News Punjab
Punjab Environment Minister Om Prakash Soni said that strict action will be taken against those industries who fail to fulfill government norms
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Pollution In Pali River: NGT Summons District Collector

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PTI
June 14, 2018
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News Rajasthan
The green court on Wednesday called the Rajasthan's Pali district collector for the pollution caused in Bandi river due to textile industries and asked him to explain the steps taken by the corporation to curb the pollution issue
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Changing Colour Of Taj Mahal, Other Environment Concerns Keep Supreme Court Busy

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IANS
June 6, 2018
A number of environmental issues have kept the Supreme Court busy
News
The Supreme Court has come down heavily on authorities for not being able to take appropriate steps on addressing environmental issues.
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Maharashtra’s Environment Minister Directs Officials To Clean The Rivers In 6 Months

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Written By: Karanvir Singh
June 4, 2018
directed the officials to take stern action against companies that release chemical-filled water in rivers.
Maharashtra News
The Maharashtra Environment Minister Ramdas Kadam instructed the officials to clean and beautify rivers and nullahs in the state in the next six months.
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This 23-Year Old Has Developed A Machine To Collect 40,000 Tonnes Of Plastic Trash In The Great Pacific Garbage Patch In 5 Years

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Written By: Karanvir Singh | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
June 4, 2018
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Features Plastic Waste World Environment Day
A system of trash-collecting tubes floating in the ocean will collect the plastic trash in the Pacific Garbage Patch that contains 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic, weighing 80,000 tonnes or equivalent to 500 jumbo jets
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World Environment Day Special: In A First, Divers Join The Versova Beach Clean-Up

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Written By: Anisha Bhatia
May 27, 2018
World Environment Day Special: In A First, Divers Join The Versova Beach Clean-Up
News World Environment Day
To understand the water pollution at the seabed near Versova, for the first time, trained divers dived into the water to collect the garbage
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Punjab’s Beas Water Pollution Not Just Killed Countless Fish But Also Affected Its Ecosystem, Which Would Take Years To Recover

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Written By: Karanvir Singh
May 25, 2018
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News Punjab
It would take years for Beas River's ecosystem to recover as the molasses leakage caused a massive damage to the aquatic life: Punjab Chief Wildlife Warden
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In Punjab’s Ecological Disaster, Sugar Mill Responsible For Beas River Pollution, Fined Rs 5 Crore: 10 Points

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Written By: Karanvir Singh
May 25, 2018
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News Punjab
Leakage of molasses in the Beas River severely affected the river’s ecosystem, which according to Punjab Chief Wildlife Warden will take years to recover
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Water Pollution: Why Are Fish Dying In Punjab’s Beas River?

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Written By: Karanvir Singh | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
May 20, 2018
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News Punjab
In Punjab’s Beas river, water pollution caused by discharge from a sugar mill, is said to be behind the latest reports of the dead fish and other aquatic animals.
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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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Thousands Of Fishes Found Dead In Uttar Pradesh, Probe Ordered

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IANS
May 16, 2018
Ganga Monitoring centres to be set up
News Uttar Pradesh
As per Kannauj District Magistrate Ravindra Kumar’s suspicion, effluents from industrial units in Shahjahanpur were sending toxic material downstream
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