The award was received by G. Asok Kumar, the Director General of the Namami Gange project during a function at the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) in Montreal, Canada on World Restoration Day on Wednesday.
The CM said, "Once upon a time, Kanpur used to be known as the Manchester of UP. But between 1970 and 1980, Kanpur grabbed eyeballs for all the wrong reasons and became the epicentre of anarchy."
The Secretary of the Jal Kal Department, Siddharth Kumar speaking about the scheme informed, "The pure water of Ganges has started reaching about 1.5 to 2 lakh houses in Varanasi".
A family member of the man who succumbed to his injuries during a shootout in Rajasthan's Sirkar staged a protest against the killing and demanded justice.
Riverbank erosion is widespread throughout the course of the Ganges in West Bengal. Very large chunk of fertile land has been completely wiped out and thousands of people have been displaced in Shamsher Ganj.
CM Yogi said that provision of tap water connections in the dry and arid areas of Vindhya and Bundelkhand is going on war footing under Har Ghar Nal Yojana of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the exercise will be completed in December this year.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 6 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Thursday that the process of starting the state's first night safari in Lucknow is being expedited.
Sonipat (Haryana) [India], October 6 (ANI): To promote natural farming amongst the farmers in the Ganga basin, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and Sahakar Bharati organised 'Vishaal Kisan Sammelan' workshop in Bayanpur village in Haryana as part of the targeted campaign under Nam
New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): The e-auction of gifts and souvenirs presented to Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin on his birthday on September 17.
New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): Indian Meteorological Department on Saturday issued a warning for heavy rainfall in Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal and Telangana on Sunday.
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) organised a training-cum-workshop camp in Shirdi, Maharashtra and urged the farmers to adopt zero budget natural farming under 'Arth Ganga Campaign', said a press release by the Ministry of Jal Shakti on Friday.