More than just money is needed to save the Ganga and Yamuna

Massive Coliform Count Makes Ganga A Virtual Drain In Kanpur: Plan Panel
Dhananjay Mahapatra | TNN

New Delhi: Diehard devotees may not believe this. But it

$1bn WB Loan Also On Cards: Ramesh

New Delhi: In a boost to the Ganga cleaning programme, the government has cleared projects worth Rs 1,394.11 crore for the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Uttarakhand.

Cleaning the Ganga has become the top priority of the government and projects have been put on a fast track.

The second meeting of the Empowered Steering Com- mittee of the National Ganga River Basin, com- prising Union minister, the Central Pollution Board and the Central Water com- mission, has cleared proj- ects worth Rs 1,394 crores.

Biswajeet Banerjee | Lucknow

With several crore rupees going down the drain and the Ganga still remaining

The Ganges River Dolphin was declared the national aquatic animal last month, but is still in urgent need of being saved from extinction, experts on the subject said. There are only about 2,000 left, down from tens of thousands just a few decades ago.

LUCKNOW: Three units engaged in dyeing and printing of the famous Banarasi saree in Varanasi came under the hammer of UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) on Tuesday evening. The board served a closure notice to the units for discharging untreated effluent in the sewer which ultimately drained into the Ganga.

YOJNA GUSAI
NEW DELHI

A committee head- ed by former party chief Rajnath Singh will come with an action plan to clean the Ganga