The Ganga is leaving Patna’s ghats
As an ambitious Ganga renovation plan is underway, and ghats in Patna are being beautified, there is little attention being paid to the fact that …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 27, 2023)
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Immersion of monk’s body in Ganga attracts criticism
Virakta Maharaj, known as Shobhan Sarkaar among his devotees, often expressed wishes of having his body immersed in the Ganga
Government showing no urgency to clean Ganga, says Supreme Court
Narendra Modi government announced an additional Rs 2,037 crores for a new Ganga mission in its first Budget
Pollution in Ganga harming riverbed sediments too, says study
Human waste and toxic effluents cause deficit of dissolved oxygen in the river’s most polluted stretches
Unquiet soundscapes: Shipping noise impacts rivers, marine ecosystem
Noise makes it hard for the dolphins to communicate and use echolocation to navigate in shallow water, increasing the risk of getting stranded
Non-maintenance has greatly compromised Farakka barrage: CAG
Almost all gates of barrage in precarious condition and ready to collapse; disaster may strike any time, says country’s chief auditor
COVID-19 shouldn’t deter developed countries from Paris Agreement pledges: Bangladesh minister
Cooperation between India and Bangladesh on Sundarbans will lead to win-win situation, says Hasan Mahmud
Awareness is key to rejuvenating River Ganga: experts at 105th Indian Science Congress
Besides biodiversity conservation and a forestation programme in Ganga river basin, the experts recommended installation of 113 real-time online …
Namami Gange: 5 reasons why Ganga will not be clean by 2020
Even after 4 years and an allotment of Rs 22,000 crore, Modi’s flagship programme is far from being a success
Ganga and the death of its crusader
Read Down To Earth’s upcoming issue for a detailed analysis of the current state of the Ganga
Water storage in major Indian river basins depleting
More than 60 per cent of the basins contain much less water than average storage over the last decade, CWC data shows
Higher incidences of water-borne diseases in fishermen drinking from Ganga: Survey
Consumption of and exposure to contaminated water has also led to predominance of skin diseases among fishing community
Ganga clean-up deadline revised again, but is it achievable?
Union minister Gajendra Shekhawat still has a number of challenges ahead if the target is to be achieved within next two years
Three expert members quit Ganga basin authority
Resignation letters express dismay over hydropower projects being pushed in the river basin without their knowledge; accuse government of apathy …
‘Clean Ganga and Yamuna mission a failure’
Parliamentary panel says that not involving people living on the banks of the river is the reason for it
SC order likely to stall only proposed hydel projects in Uttarakhand
What happens to those that are under construction or have already obtained green clearances?
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Ganga pollution: UP ordered to take action against 687 industries
Green tribunal asks Centre, state to chalk out time-bound action plan to prevent and control pollution in the national river
Ganga pollution: Uttar Pradesh issues notices to 956 industries
Green tribunal seeks report on the polluting industries along with photographs by May 21
Kanwar lake: birds' paradise lost
Researchers and activists call for urgent revival of Asia’s largest freshwater oxbow lake
Modi’s Ganga sutra and the politics of Varanasi
River pollution and sewage are top of the agenda for all parties, but Latha Jishnu who spent several days on the campaign trail in Varanasi is …
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 10-14, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week