Tag: Ganga
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UP: Sea of humanity in Prayagraj
The authorities have deployed police and para military forces to ensure peace and normalcy in the festival of Magh Mela.
January 21, 2023 -
Makar Sankranti: Devotees take holy dip in Ganga in Varanasi
Makar Sankranti is a festival in the Hindu calendar, in which devotees make offerings to the deity Surya.
January 14, 2023 -
Ganga now clean from Gomukh to Bengal: Yogi
The chief minister of Uttar Pradesh credits Central government’s efforts under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s for the achievement.
January 9, 2023 -
Panic in Malda after erosion along Ganga
People living in the area have now started to leave their houses and take shelter in safer places, it is learned.
August 5, 2022 -
Two drown as SUV falls into Ganga in Bihar
The water level in the Ganga river increases during the monsoon season. The SDRF officials are conducting a rescue operation.
July 4, 2022 -
Yogi promotes organic farming along banks of Ganga
Moving a step further from the initiative launched in this regard during its first term, the government seeks to encourage organic farming within a radius of 10 km on both the banks in 27 districts through which the Ganga passes in the state.
May 23, 2022 -
NGT seeks action against industries polluting Ganga in UP
In the plea, it was alleged that the State authorities concerned have failed to take necessary steps for enforcement of the order of this Tribunal.
May 14, 2022 -
Markets along Ganga in UP to discourage illegal farming, fishing
A forest official said on Tuesday that the primary goal is to encourage villagers to participate in the exercise and also develop an alternate source of income as well.
April 26, 2022 -
‘Ghat Pe Haat’ along Ganga from April
The 'Ghat Pe Haat' will be part of Arth Ganga that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced in 2019. The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has six verticals, of which natural farming/organic farming.
March 22, 2022 -
‘Sustainability key to Ganga Mission’
The first step is to encourage zero-based natural farming in the river basin area. The use of chemicals not only harms the soil but also contaminates the river. The zero-based farming would not only improve water quality but also increase biodiversity in the area.
March 5, 2022 -
More flights under ‘Operation Ganga’ to evacuate stranded Indian nationals in Ukraine
The evacuation operation named as 'Operations Ganga' is being extensively activated from Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia. Camps have been set up in these countries at the borders with Ukraine.
February 27, 2022 -
No data on bodies dumped in Ganga during COVID-19 second wave available: Centre
The written reply was given in response to Trinamool Congress MP Derek O' Brien's question on the number of COVID-19 related bodies claimed to have been dumped in the Ganga river and measures taken to retrieve them as per protocols.
February 8, 2022 -
3,000 religious outfits seek land in Magh Mela township
The Magh Mela begins on January 1 and will conclude on March 1.
December 31, 2021 -
Water quality in lower stretches of Ganga alarming: study
The team led by Professor Punyasloke Bhadury from the Integrative Taxonomy and Microbial Ecology Research Group (ITMERG) at IISER, Kolkata monitored nine sites encompassing 59 stations along the 50 km stretch of the lower stretches of the River Ganga over two years to understand the dynamics of key environmental variables
December 8, 2021 -
Water quality in lower stretches of River Ganga reaches alarmingly low
The team had examined the water quality in the lower stretch of River Ganga and observed the release of municipal waste in River Ganga has deteriorated the much-needed baseline of Water Quality Index (WQI) in the lower stretches of the Ganga river.
December 8, 2021 -
No dams in upper reaches of Ganga: Open letter to PM Modi
Eight years after the Supreme Court moratorium on dam construction in the Upper Ganga region, three Union Ministries and the Uttarakhand government had reached a "consensus" to allow construction of seven hydropower projects, including the one destroyed in the February 2021 flash floods in Chamoli district.
September 10, 2021 -
Ganga continues to be flooded in Bihar, Brahmaputra becoming a concern
Middle reaches of Ganga in districts such as Badaun and Farrukhabad (UP) are in above normal flood situations. River Ghaghra in Barabanki, Ayodhya & Ballia (UP) and Siwan and Saran (Bihar) districts are flowing in above normal to severe flood situations with a rising trend due to the past two days rainfall in the catchment.
August 15, 2021