Water in news on April 12
Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around water
Bihar plans afforestation drive in villages along Ganga river
100 open defecation free villages located along the river have been selected for the drive
What Mr Narendra Modi needs to do for Ganga
Just planning more sewage treatment plants is not going to clean up the river
Cleaning India’s polluted rivers
More than 38,000 million litres of waste water enters the major rivers, water bodies and even percolates into the ground every day
Ganga needs more than just cleaning
Government reforms must include basin-scale hydrological and ecological conservation efforts