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River Pollution
Mirage of a river
Issue Date: May 31, 2013
It is claimed to be an exemplary project. It has won two awards for excellence in innovativeness and urban planning; one from the Prime Minister’s Office. Narendra Modi, the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat, recently hailed it as his big achievement. He pitted the restoration of the river Sabarmati in Ahmedabad against the poor record of the Delhi government in looking after the Yamuna, the capital’s lifeline river. The media has showered praise on the project.
Claims apart, what are the facts on the ground?
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Kumbh: time to come clean
Issue Date: Feb 28, 2013
Maha Kumbh in Allahabad has perhaps no parallel in terms of the sheer size of the congregation. In less than two months over 100 million people are expected to come to this city, which sees the confluence of two rivers of India—the Ganga and the Yamuna. People come to worship on the banks of the Ganga.
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Buriganga chokes on pollutants
Issue Date: Nov 1, 2012
The Buriganga river in Bangladesh was once admired by the Mughals for its strategic location for defence. The city of Dhaka was developed along its banks as a prime trade centre.
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Show cause notices to 11 Nashik factories for polluting Godavari
Issue Date: Sep 1, 2012
The Maharastra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued show cause notices to 11 plastic and food processing factories in Nasik for polluting the Godavari river. The industries were found releasing their untreated effluent into the river and have been given 15 days to respond.
These factories have been charged with violating Section 33 (A) of the Water Pollution (Prevention and Control) Act of 1974. The show cause notices were issued on August 29 after MPCB visited the area. The factories were releasing effluents into the river along the Tigrania road in Tapovan.
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River restoration is not just an ecological act
Issue Date: Apr 30, 2012
The Nepal government has set up a high level commission to restore the flow of the Bagmati. Will it bear fruit?
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Anne Rademacher
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