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'Immediate need to frame policy for river basin management, treated wastew
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) Director General Rajiv Ranjan Mishra has highlighted an immediate need to frame a comprehensive central policy document for river basin management and treated wastewater reuse.
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Massive rural sanitation drive by NMCG helps clean Ganga
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Haridwar, Uttarakhand [India], July 18 (ANI): Few miles from Haridwar city, Ajitpur is one among 4,465 villages located on the Ganga river basin which have been identified by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) as part of its Ganga Rejuvenation plan.
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Farmers in Mungeshpur using toxic drain water for growing vegetables
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Risking their lives, farmers in Mungeshpur village in Delhi are using toxic water coming from Mungeshpur drain, one of the longest in north-west Delhi and part of the Najafgarh basin, for growing vegetables due to lack of groundwater for farming and to sa
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Govt will not give permission for hydrocarbon projects in Cauvery basin: T
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 3 (ANI): Amid protests by DMK over hydrocarbon exploration projects in the Cauvery basin, Tamil Nadu Law Minister CV Shanmugam said on Wednesday that the government will not give permission for these.
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Hydrocarbon extraction in Cauvery basin areas not economically viable: Baa
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): DMK member in Lok Sabha TR Baalu on Monday raised the issue of hydrocarbon extraction in areas of the Cauvery basin, saying the farmers were against it and the exercise was not economically remunerative.
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CPI gives adjournment motion notice in LS over halting of hydrocarbon proj
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 27 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Thursday gave an adjournment motion notice in the Lok Sabha seeking to stop the ongoing hydrocarbon project in Cauvery basin in Tamil Nadu.
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Assam: BSF personnel perform yoga asanas at Brahmaputra river basin
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhubri (Assam) [India], June 18 (ANI): Ahead of the International Yoga Day, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel performed several yoga asanas, near Border outpost (BOP) Takkamari on the bank of river Brahmaputra in Assam.
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K'taka: DK Shivakumar offers special prayers for rain
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Sringeri (Karnataka) [India], June 6 (ANI): Karnataka water resources minister and Congress leader DK Shivakumar held a Parjanya homa (pooja) at Sri Rishya Shringeshwara temple Chikkamagaluru praying for rain on Thursday.
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MoU signed between NMCG, HCL Foundation and INTACH for Rudraksh Plantation
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): As an initiative towards a greener ecosystem in Ganga Basin, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), HCL Foundation and INTACH for taking up a project of 'Plantation of Rudraksh Trees in Uttarakhand'
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Mumbai: Submarine Vela of Project 75 launched
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 6 (ANI): Indian Navy's fourth stealth Scorpene class Submarine Vela of Project 75 was launched on Monday at the Kanhoji Angre Wet Basin of Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) here. Post the launch, the submarine is set to commence sea trials.
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Vedanta reports oil discovery in Krishna-Godavari basin
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Diversified natural resources company Vedanta said on Wednesday it has made an oil discovery in Krishna-Godavari basin of Andhra Pradesh.
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Brookfield to acquire Reliance's East-West Pipeline for Rs 13,000 crore
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 15 (ANI): Brookfield Asset Management has said that its India Infrastructure Trust (InvIT) will invest Rs 13,000 crore to acquire Reliance Industries-owned East West Pipeline.
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