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Water storage level up by 4% in 91 major reservoirs
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 07 (ANI): The water storage level of 91 major reservoirs in India have gone up by four per cent in the last one week, according to data provided by the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. The Central Water Commission monitors these r
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Clean Ganga is our priority: Nitin Gadkari
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Union Water Resources and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday affirmed that cleaning the River Ganga was the top priority of the government.
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Afforestation campaign organised in 5 Ganga basin states
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 20: The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) launched the "Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan" campaign in five main stem Ganga basin states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal, said Ministry of Water Resources on Thursday.
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NITI Aayog to launch index for efficient water resource management
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India] June 13 (ANI): The NITI Aayog is slated to launch a Composite Water Management Index as a tool to assess and improve the performance in efficiently managing water resources.
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Sampark for Samarthan: Nitin Gadkari meets Salim Khan
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 8 (ANI): Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari met former Indian film actor and screenwriter Salim Khan as the part of the 'Sampark for Samarthan' initiative.
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World Bank to assist govt scheme on groundwater management
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jun 6(ANI): The World Bank on Wednesday offered assistance to the Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABHY), a Rs.6000 crore Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
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National consensus required for new provinces: Pak PM
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday emphasized that the establishment of new provinces could only be done through national consensus.
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Integrated approach needed to clean Ganga: Nitin Gadkari
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 23 (ANI): Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday inaugurated a workshop on "Ganga and its Biodiversity: Developing a roadmap for habitat and Species Conservation" and emphasised on the need of an integrated
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Aviation ministry denied charter plane to shift MLAs from K'taka: JD(S)
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], May 18 (ANI): Kerala minister and JD-S leader Mathew T. Thomas on Friday alleged that the Ministry of Civil Aviation did not give them permission for a charter plane to shift Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) (JD-S) MLAs from Karnataka to Kochi.
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Gadkari refutes reports of PM's absence causing delay in Eastern Expresswa
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Union Minister for Shipping and Water Resources, Nitin Gadkari, on Thursday refuted reports that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's unavailability for inaugurating the Eastern Peripheral Expressway project as the cause of delay.
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SC directs Delhi, Haryana to sort out Yamuna water sharing dispute
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India] Apr 23 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Chief Secretaries of Delhi and Haryana to hold a meeting with the Secretary of Water Resources Ministry of Centre in order to sort out the dispute of sharing Yamuna's water.
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Andhra CM seeks to speed up Polavaram project
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Amaravati, (Telangana) [India] Apr 16 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday urged his officials to send letters to Union Water resources minister Nitin Gadkari and Finance minister Arun Jaitley so that funds can be disbursed at the earliest in order to speed up
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