Uma urges PM to set up board on Ganga pollution

Last Updated: Monday, July 11, 2011, 19:57

Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s help in setting up a board to review all projects made for checking pollution in river Ganga.

Ganga pollution: CPCB closes 4 industrial units

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 18:49

Acting tough on industrial units polluting the Ganga, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has closed down four enterprises while issuing a closure notice to one for discharging effluents directly into the river.

HC slams UP govt over Ganga pollution

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 00:09

The Allahabad High Court today reprimanded Uttar Pradesh government for failing to check rising pollution level in the river Ganga and said the state government`s responsibility in such matters was "direct and not indirect".

7-km long human chain to raise awareness on Ganga pollution

Last Updated: Monday, March 22, 2010, 19:33

Thousands of people on Monday held each others` hand and reaffirmed their pledge to save the national river, Ganga, which has drawn the attention of the environmentalists world over due to its alarming pollution level.

A clean, free-flowing Ganga by 2020: Govt

Last Updated: Thursday, December 31, 2009, 13:38

The Centre has expressed confidence that by 2020 the polluted river Ganga would be cleaned and Rs 15,000 crore will be spent on it.

Centre to pump in Rs 15,000 cr to make Ganga pollution free

Last Updated: Monday, October 5, 2009, 22:03

After investing almost Rs 960 crore in the past 22 years, the Centre has now decided to spend an additional Rs 15,000 crore to make the Ganga river pollution free within the next ten years.