The High Court (HC) has directed the government to constitute a 'National River Protection Commission' consisting of the experts concerned within three months to properly preserve and develop the rivers of the country.

The court urged the government to have short-term and long-term plans as per the recommendations of the Commission for the development of all the rivers.

The scheme's main aim is to check the discharge of urban sewage into the Cauvery river
THE government has approved a Rs 209.23-crore underground drainage (UGD) project for Erode.

It stinks, it's dirty and many of Kathmandu's denizens have given up hope that Kathmandu's holy river, the Bagmati, can ever be salvaged. But two organizations want to give it a shot all the same.

Anita Joshua

NEW DELHI: The Ganga and the Yamuna are no cleaner today than they were two decades ago, though the government is spending huge amounts on action plans for the rivers, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh told the Lok Sabha on Friday.

The Lieutenant-Governor

Ganga, Yamuna No Cleaner Now Than 20 Years Ago: Ramesh
PTI NEW DELHI

IN A frank admission, the Centre on Friday said in the Lok Sabha that Ganga and Yamuna were

A parliamentary subcommittee yesterday set July 20 for public hearing of four organisations on saving rivers and environment from pollution.

Sources said the subcommittee, in its report to be submitted to the parliamentary standing committee on forest and environment, will recommend appointing an ombudsman to deal with the irregularities and complaint in the environmental sector.

A parliamentary panel on Tuesday decided to seek opinions of environmental experts and civic groups in working out final recommendations to save rivers from being polluted and to reclaim them from illegal occupation, said a panel member.

Award held back after activists accuse mining firm of violating green laws on june 13, Vedanta, one of the world

All owners dead except one after a trial lasting 25 years, a special court in Lucknow convicted the owners of a tannery for polluting river water. On June 2, the court sentenced the owners of East India Leather Company to six months