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Ganga Rejuvenation: Committee on Estimates (2016-17) [1]

The Committee on Estimates present this Fifteenth Report on 'Ganga Rejuvenation'. The parliamentary panel expressed its concern over Ganga being listed among the 10 most polluted rivers in the world. Renowned hydrologists and experts on river dynamics and water management testified before the Committee that the Ganga bears no comparison with any river of the world because of its highest point of origin, steep gradient, kinetic energy and water quality, the report said.

Publication Date: 
11/05/2016
Lok Sabha Secretariat [2]
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River Pollution [3], Ganga [4], Water Pollution [5], India [6], Water Quality [7], Parliament [8], Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) [9], Ganga Action Plan [10]
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