Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehra Dun April 20, 2009, 0:06 IST

The Ganga canal, which provides drinking and irrigation water to vast areas of western Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, would not be closed during summer.

The decision came following a series of high-level meetings between the top officials of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, sources here said.

Uttarakhand May Shut Supply For Canal Cleaning From April 15

Residents of south and east Delhi may soon have to face water shortage with the Uttarakhand government planning to shut down supply to Delhi for two weeks. Sources revealed that the shut down will take place from April 15 to facilitate cleaning of parts of the Upper Ganga Canal near Hardwar in preparation for the Maha Kumbh in 2010.

Raktima Bose

The Awami League government has initiated the process of construction of the Ganges Barrage for facilitating poverty reduction and economic growth through an integrated water management project in the country

It is important to preserve our freshwater ecosystems from over-fishing, from the dumping of hazardous waste upstream, and from the damming of rivers upstream, as a national priority that will ultimately protect the livelihoods of millions of fishing families and continue to provide an abundance of fish for consumption on the other, consequently also sustaining the diversity of fauna, including do

Spread over 11 states and comprising 23 sub-basins, the Ganga basin accounts for 50 per cent of the total 40 million hectares of the flood-prone land in the country.

Loharinag Pala power project resumes after it was suspended THE Uttarakhand high court has ordered construction work be resumed at the Loharinag Pala hydroelectric project on the Bhagirathi in Uttarkashi. The order came after environmentalist G D Agarwal succeeded in stalling the 600 megawatt project by going on an indefinite fast. He ended his hunger strike, lasting 37 days, after the

Government promises stopping work on dam in Uttarkashi ENVIRONMENTALIST G D Agarwal has managed to stall the controversial Loharinag Pala power project coming up speedily on the Bhagirathi, a tributary of the Ganga. On February 20, the Ministry of Power assured him work on the dam would be suspended immediately. Following this, Agarwal who was into the 37th day of his hunger strike, broke

IT is 6 p.m. A couple of Hindu priests and a few men and women wait at the Manikarnika Ghat on the banks of the Bhagirathi, as the Ganga is known in the pilgrim town of Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand. Their heads are turned anxiously in the direction of the river upstream.

The Bhagirathi is made to run through a tunnel in Uttarkashi, evoking strong protests from environmentalists.

IT is 6 p.m. A couple of Hindu priests and a few men and women wait at the Manikarnika Ghat on the banks of the Bhagirathi, as the Ganga is known in the pilgrim town of Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand. Their heads are turned anxiously in the direction of the river upstream.