Rs 15k Cr Planned For Clean-Up

TWENTY TWO years and Rs 960 crore later, the government plans to spend another Rs 15,000 crore over the next 10 years to make the Ganga river pollution free. This decision was taken at the meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that the newly-formed National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has miserably failed to conserve the holy river by adopting a new approach.

Prime Minister Mmanmohan Singh chaired the first meeting of recentlyset up National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) on Monday, where it was decided to declare dolphins as a national aquatic animal.
Dolphins in the country are on the brink of extinction.
The Centre also decided to spend additional Rs 1,5000 crores to make the river pollution free within the next ten year.

The CMs of UP and Uttarakhand through which the river flows may participate in Monday's meeting
NEW DELHI The newly-formed Ganga River Basin Authority (GRBA) will meet for the first time on Monday under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss ways in which the Ganga can be kept pollution-free.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will chair the first meeting of the newly-constituted National Ganga River Basin Authority on Monday. On the discussion table will be a new concept

Noted human rights crusader Avdhash Kaushal has threatened to return the Padma Shri he had received for environment protection in 1986 if the Central and State governments do not immediately order resumption of construction work for the 480-MW Pala Maneri, 381-MW Bhairav Ghati and 600-MW Lohari Nagpala hydel projects in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand.

NEW DELHI: Even as the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department has closed down the Upper Ganga Canal for annual maintenance, the Delhi Jal Board has announced that the city will continue to get its share of Ganga water.

A senior Delhi Jal Board official said on Tuesday that the canal maintenance work would not affect the Capital

The UP Irrigation Department on Tuesday closed the Upper Ganga Canal for its annual maintenance exercise. A senior Delhi Jal Board (DJB) official said the canal will be closed till Diwali on October 17.

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It is 2050. A warming climate and accelerated snowmelt have reduced the dry season flow in the Indus to a trickle. Pakistan backs out from the Indus Waters Treaty and demands international intervention against India to increase its share of water flow.