Both the phases of Ganga Action Plan, despite their mega budgets, saw limited success due to flawed planning and even more problematic executions
Netherlands will help in enhancing water bodies in multiple ways including river basin management, reducing pollution in Ganga, improving the water quality, etc.
Armed with a budget of Rs 20,000 crore, the Namami Gange programme is committed to rejuvenate Ganga by tackling issues of pollution in the river
A committee headed by (Retd.) Justice Giridhar Malviya began preparing the draft bill for the Ganga Act and submitted it to the Ministry of Water Resources...
A joint team of IIT Kharagpur and Indiana University of Pennsylvania will study the wetlands of Kolkata which are shrinking in size
The expert panel formed by the government met for the first time to review the provisions of the draft National River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection and Management)...
To curb the massive pollution in the water levels of the river Ganga, the Uttarakhand High Court in May 2017 had declared the river as a...
Businessman and philanthropist Richard Branson presented a petition to the UN General Assembly, urging governments to protect at least 30 per cent oceans by 2030
The current trend of plastic pollution in oceans will result in disposed plastic waste outweighing fishes by the year 2050
The West Bengal government plans to build a Rs 600-crore flyover which will hamper East Kolkata Wetlands
Polluting waterbodies and unhealthy sanitation practices for long have had significant impact on India’s environment
As per a plea filed by an advocate, groundwater of 30 villages of Sambhal district is heavily contaminated
