following loud protests from various corners against closing of tunnels on the Bhagirathi river, the Tehri dam committee has recommended a comprehensive study to find out if the Ganga holds

India receives an annual rainfall of 400 million hectare metres, of which 75 per cent is received in four months. Floods generally follow, bringing devastation with them. As death tolls mount, damage reaches unimaginable scales. In the last four decades t

Official apathy results in the failure of GAP in West Bengal

• Under phase II of GAP, Uluberia town generating 10.85 million litres per day (mld) sewage with biological oxygen demand level (BOD) of 43.07 milligrammes per litre (mg/l) was not included

Is the VHP calling the shots as far as the fate of the Tehri dam is concerned?

The Patna high court gets cracking on erring officials

The Union government has decided to implement schemes similar to the Ganga Action Plan (GAP) for 23 new rivers in 10 states, proving that it has learnt little from the poor implementation of the

ddt (dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane) content in fish stocks from Ganga is 16,000 times more than the permissible limit. This was revealed during a

A CAG report castigates the government for its poor implementation of the Ganga Action Plan

Desperate Hindu extremists are making a mockery of the real problems that the river Ganga faces

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