Tag: Ganga
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The polluted glaciers
With the economic and developmental activities accelerating at a fast pace, there has been a corresponding increase in human activities. While figures of a few lakhs of tourists and pilgrims are quoted, we often tend to overlook the related increase in vehicular traffic and particularly those of diesel vehicles. Since time immemorial, Ganga and Gangotri have been sacred to multitudes of our countrymen and hence the sensitivity about any regulatory measures in understandable. But ultimately these will have to be balanced.
March 29, 2020 -
Rishikesh: Not just a holy town
As the sun was all set to dip into the river Ganga and dusk was darkening the sky, the ghaat (riverbank) gradually became more scenic.
February 17, 2020 -
Ganga Yatra arrives in Hastinapur on its second day
Deputy Minister Dinesh Sharma, accompanied by cabinet ministers in UP government Suresh Rana, Shrikant Sharma Minister of Power, MP Rajendra Agarwal, and many other leaders of the party reached Makhdoompur Ghat of Hastinapur on Tuesday to join Ganga Yatra and performed Arti there.
January 28, 2020 -
Yogi Adityanath flags off two ‘Ganga Raths’ ahead of five-day ‘Ganga Yatra’
Out of these two Raths, one will go to Bijnor where the Ganga enters the state of Uttar Pradesh, while the other Rath will go to Ballia from where the holy river exists.
January 23, 2020 -
Pollution board identifies industries causing harm to environment
“We are working with the GIZ to find out what remedial measures can be taken on the subject,” said Mr Kalyan Rudra, chairman, West Bengal Pollution Control Board, referring to the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), a German development agency that has been working with Indian partners sustainable economic, ecological, and social development.
December 20, 2019 -
Om, Ganga!
The name of the legislation would suggest that it is suitably comprehensive, if executed in the right earnest.
December 5, 2019 -
Dolphin fleeing Ganga filth dies
The hunting of the species and trade in it is prohibited.
November 17, 2019 -
Over 2.5 lakh people affected by floods in West Bengal’s Malda district
Additional District Magistrate Arnab Chatterjee said cooked food is being distributed to the people who have taken shelter at the 10 relief camps set up across the district.
October 1, 2019 -
Ganga swells, Bhutni under threat
According to the executive engineer of the department, Pranab Kumar Samanta, a huge volume of water of the upper catchment areas like Uttar Pradesh where it had rained heavily is now coming down, thereby flooding the Ganga.
August 28, 2019 -
BJP leader Arun Jaitley’s ashes immersed in Ganga by his son Rohan
Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat also accompanied Rohan Jaitley.
August 26, 2019 -
Bihar floods: Water level recedes after heavy rains, leaves 33 dead
However, the water level is rising in the Burhi Gandak and Ganga rivers, according to the water resource department.
July 17, 2019 -
Bihar floods claim 25 lives till date, confirms CM Nitish Kumar in Assembly
199 relief camps have been set up till date, with 644 community kitchens providing food to the displaced people, said the CM.
July 16, 2019 -
15 dead, 133 buildings collapse in heavy rains in UP; water level in rivers nearing danger mark
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted 'partly cloudy sky with one or two spells of rain or thundershowers' for Saturday and next five days in Lucknow.
July 13, 2019 -
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra reaches Varanasi, completes three-day boat ride on Ganga
Varanasi, which was the last leg in Priyanka’s three-day UP tour, is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency.
March 20, 2019 -
Priyanka Gandhi offers prayers at Triveni Sangam, to kick-star boat ride on Ganga
Priyanka Gandhi is scheduled to undertake a boat ride from Prayagraj's Chhatnag to Assi Ghat in Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
March 18, 2019 -
Emotions run high as daughter salutes martyred CRPF jawan Mohan Lal Raturi
In Khatima area of Uttarakhand, another martyred CRPF jawan Virendra Rana’s little son showered petals on his mortal remains and lit the funeral pyre.
February 16, 2019 -
Towards a clean Ganga
The Constitution of India mandates the central and state governments to provide both clean and decent environment and clean drinking water for the people (Article 48A, Art. 51 (A) (g), Article 21). The Supreme Court has also declared that the right to a decent and clean environment is a fundamental right
December 30, 2018