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Dumping of bodies: Namami Gange officials review status with UP, Bihar
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Union Ministry of Jal Shakti officials reviewed the status and action on prevention of dumping of dead bodies in Ganga with Uttar Pradesh and Bihar governments.
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71 bodies retrieved from Ganga in Buxar, Bihar asks UP government to be vi
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 12 (ANI): Bihar Minister Sanjay Kumar Jha has said 71 bodies have been taken out from the Ganges in Buxar district and their last rites performed and a net has been placed in the Ganga in Ranighat, bordering UP and Bihar, to stop any similar incident from happenin
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India begins exports of organic millets grown in Himalayas to Denmark
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): India has begun exporting millets sourced from farmers in Uttarakhand, which meet the organic certification standards of the European Union, to Denmark.
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Haridwar Kumbh 2021: NMCG develops infrastructure to stop sewage water flo
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], April 1 (ANI): An ancient city located on the banks of River Ganga, Haridwar is expanding rapidly. Being a popular pilgrimage site, the city also witnesses a massive floating population as each day pilgrims come to bathe at the holy river to get rid of their s
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Financing agreements signed for sewage projects in Patna under Namami Gang
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): Financing agreements have been signed for the development of 100 million litres per day (MLD) sewage treatment plant (STP) at Digha and 50 MLD STP at Kankarbagh area of Bihar's Patna under the Hybrid Annuity based PPP model (HAM) under the aegis of the Nati
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Women recite 'Shiva Tandava Stotra' at Assi Ghat in Varanasi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India] March 9 (ANI): To mark the occasion of International Women's Day, women in large numbers gathered at Varanasi's Assi Ghat to recite the Shiv Tandav Stotra. During Ganga Aarti, the simultaneous recitation by thousands of women echoed on the banks of the Riv
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Ganga ghats in Varanasi cleaned up during cleanliness drive
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 7 (ANI): As many as 84 ghats of Ganga was cleaned as part of the cleanliness drive launched by the district administration here on Sunday.
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Namami Gange team meets Delhi Jal Board executives to review progress of p
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): The Namami Gange team met Delhi Jal Board executives on Thursday to review the progress of projects in Delhi and it was observed that there was significant progress in almost all projects.
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If Ganga river in Kanpur can be cleaned, Delhi govt should do same with Ya
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 14 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that if the Ganga river could be cleaned in Kanpur then the Delhi government should clean the Yamuna river in the national capital.
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Varanasi: Paush Poornima sees fewer devotees take a dip in Ganges due to f
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 28 (ANI): Amid freezing cold and thick fog, Hindu devotees took a holy dip at dawn in the Ganges River on the occasion of Paush Purnima in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi on Thursday.
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Like in fight against COVID-19, world needs to unite against water crisis:
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Wednesday said the world needs to come together to meet the challenges of the water sector in the same way as the world has united in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Who would have thought 550 m people will stop defecating in open: Internat
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Xavier Chauvet De Beauchene, Senior Water and Sanitation Specialist, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development on Sunday said that the bank is very proud of all the work done in India towards river rejuvenation & cleanliness.
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