Swami Sanand was forcibly shifted to the AIIMS hospital from his Matri Sadan ashram on Wednesday after his health deteriorated significantly after he stopped drinking water.
He described river Ganga as our "culture, heritage and identity" and hoped that people will come forward to help the government in this endeavour of theirs.
To a separate query, he said an 11-member committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of A B Pandya, former chairman of the Central Water Commission (CWC), to address the issue of flood and siltation in Bihar.
A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also banned the sale, manufacture and storage of such items till Uttarkashi.
According to the report, the team inspected the industries along the Gajrola and Babrala drain with source from Bagad river in the Upper Ganga region in Uttar Pradesh. The drains further meet the Ganga.
In an unfortunate incident, a boat carrying 40 people capsized in the Ganga river near Patna today evening. Of the 40, eight people have been rescued and are being treated in hospital, whereas, the body
At a time when the flood situation in the state is worsening by the day, claiming at least 19 lives and leaving millions marooned, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said yesterday that
Kollam (Kerala): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said that the Centre was determined to make the Namami Gange project a big success like the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in three to four years.He said
An analysis of the initiatives highlighted in the report card for Ganga rejuvenation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government shows that larger initiatives have been previously launched to construct sewage treatment plants. Those plans failed. The
Kanpur: A group of central government officials yesterday met local municipal authorities and the Jal Board here and discussed with them issues related to cleaning of the Ganga river.The meeting proposed to prohibit the discharge
New Delhi: Scores of floating 'diyas' offered to the Ganga River everyday contribute to the pollution in the holy river, Union Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh said today.Launching a three-day 'India Wash Summit' here along with
New Delhi: Survey carried out to record the number of Sarus birds in Uttar Pradesh is almost over, but surveyors are yet to locate a single bird yet in Ghaziabad district.The forest department has now
Varanasi: The Central government is mulling a proposal for opening a branch of the Central Water and Power Research Station in Varanasi with a view to intensifying study and research on rivers in the region,
New Delhi: The NDA government asserted before the Supreme Court that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious clean Ganga plan has a ‘vision' to achieve the goal of 'aviral' (uninterrupted) and 'nirmal' (clean) river."The ultimate (plan
New Delhi: As the Narendra Modi government gears up with its mammoth mission to clean the river Ganga, details are being worked out to plant thousands of indigenous trees with high water retention in the
New Delhi: Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Wednesday said industries along the Ganga river can contribute a lot in the mission to clean the river by adopting self-regulatory measures to check pollution.Addressing a
New Delhi: After being rapped by the Supreme Court for its approach to clean Ganga, the Narendra Modi government has placed before it a blueprint of short, medium and long term measures that spread over
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday solicited the cooperation of all sections of society for "Ganga seva", while reiterating his call to turn rejuvenation of the Ganga river into a mass movement."Modi has called
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