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80% of Ganga to be clean before March 2019: Gadkari
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 23 (ANI): Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said that the work for cleaning and rejuvenation of River Ganga is ongoing and 70-80 per cent of the work will be completed before March next year.
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Bachendri Pal undertakes month-long 'Mission Gange' expedition
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Haridwar, Uttarakhand [India] Oct 13 (ANI): Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest, along with a 40-member team, is on a month-long rafting expedition 'Mission Gange' to clean River Ganga and spread awareness about waste management.
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Spiritual leaders lambast govt for ignoring GD Agarwal's death
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Varanasi/Allahabad/Bhopal (Uttar Pradesh/Madhya Pradesh) [India], Oct 12 (ANI): Spiritual leaders across the country have blamed the government for turning a deaf ear to the demands of environmentalist Professor GD Agarwal who died on Thursday.
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Uma Bharti retracts claim of informing Gadkari about GD Agarwal's health
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 11 (ANI): Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Uma Bharti on Thursday expressed shock over environmentalist G. D. Agarwal's death on twitter, adding that she had anticipated the same and had earlier alerted Union Minster for Road Transport and Highways Niti
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PM Modi condoles G. D. Agarwal's death
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed his condolences over the death of environmentalist and a stout activist for the River Ganga, G. D. Agarwal.
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Centre issues notification for e-flow of Ganga
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 10 (ANI): Union Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday issued a notification for the Environamental flows (e-flows) of Ganga with an aim to maintain the natural pattern of the river flow.
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Never named PM Modi or 15 lakhs: Nitin Gadkari
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 10 (ANI): Clarifying his alleged statement that "BJP made tall promises in 2014 elections", Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said that the reports are "false and baseless" and that he never made such statements.
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PM Modi lauds 'Mission Gange' delegation
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 4 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met a group of 40 enthusiasts, who is embarking on an expedition to raise awareness on cleaning the river Ganga.
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NMCG initiates cleaning of Yamuna Ghat in Delhi
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Oct 1 (ANI): Kalindi Kunj Ghat on the Yamuna River was cleaned on Monday as part of the Namami Gange project of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG). The cleanliness drive focused on freeing the Yamuna Ghat of plastic and solid wastes.
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By 2020, no untreated water will flow into River Ganga: DG NMCG Rajiv Ranj
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India] Sept 17 (ANI): The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), under its Namami Gange Programme is confident about accomplishing its task of rejuvenating and conserving the mighty river Ganga by 2020. Several projects have been completed and many are ongoing, which would h
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Gadkari urges automobile companies to diversify alternate fuel
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari on Friday called the urgent attention of automobile companies towards the need for an efficient public transport system in the co
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MHA utilizes 49.19 pc budget from April to Sept 7
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI) : The Ministry of Home Affairs has utilized 49.14 per cent of the funds out of the total budget of Rs 93,171.61 crores for 2018-19. The expenditure is from April to September 7.
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