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Jitendra Singh holds high-level meeting with Jal Shakti Minister to discus
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday held a high-level meeting with Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat to review the progress of work at the Ujh multipurpose (National) project in the Kathua region of Jammu and Kashmir.
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India's first 'Amrit Sarovar' to be inaugurated by Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): India's first "Amrit Sarovar" will be inaugurated by the Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Uttar Pradesh Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh at Patwai, Rampur in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, informed the Ministry of Minority Affairs
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NHRC seeks report from Centre, Delhi govt, CPCB on contaminated groundwate
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission of India on Thursday sought a report from the centre, the Delhi government and Central Pollution Control Board on reported highly contaminated groundwater near four landfill sites in the National Capital.
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Upstream diversion has negligible impact on Brahmaputra River: Board Chair
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], April 12 (ANI): Brahmaputra Board Chairman Rajiv Yadav on Monday said that the upstream diversion of water flow of the Brahmaputra river will have a negligible impact on the river's total discharge as more than 60 per cent of the water source is in India.
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Centre releases Rs 21,741 crore grant to states for drinking water, sanita
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): The central government has released Rs 21,741.03 crore in the financial year ended March 31 as tied grants to states for drinking water and sanitation, the Ministry of Jal Shakti said on Monday.
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Centre releases Rs 40,000 crore grants to states/UTs under Jal Jeevan Miss
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): The Central government has released over Rs 40,000 crore as grants to states and Union Territories (UTs) in the financial year 2021-22 under the Jal Jeevan Mission that seeks to ensure tap water connections to households across the country, the Union Minist
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Gajendra Singh Shekhawat calls for holistic planning, integrative manageme
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI) Stressing on the need for thinking of ourselves as custodians of nature and all its beauty and resources and the fact that in the past 5 decades we have forgotten our responsibilities towards sustainability, Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
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Gajendra Singh Shekhawat asks Karnataka govt to tackle uranium contaminati
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 6 (ANI): Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Sunday expressed his concern over uranium contamination in drinking water being supplied in some villages of Karnataka and said the state government has been directed to address the issue imme
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Centre committed towards development of North Eastern region, says Gajendr
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], February 28 (ANI): Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Monday said that the Centre is committed towards the development of the North East and its impact is visible in the lives of the people of the region.
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100 districts in the country become 'Har Ghar Jal' under Jal Jeevan Missio
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): Jal Jeevan Mission achieved another milestone of providing tap water to every home of 100 districts in the country, today after providing tap water supply to more than 9 crore homes on February 16, informed the Ministry of Jal Shakti on Friday.
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No data on bodies dumped in Ganga during COVID-19 second wave available: C
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti Bishweswar Tudu on Monday told Rajya sabha in a written reply that information regarding the number of COVID-19 related bodies claimed to have been dumped in the river Ganga is not available.
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Director-General of National Mission for Clean Ganga reviews construction
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): The Coronation Pillar Sewage Treatment Plant is one of the biggest STPs in the country. With the completion of this project, 318 MLD of wastewater will stop going into the river Yamuna, informed the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
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