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Government to invest 40 cr on Ganga river bank development - Aug 29, 2009 Times of IndiaPTI 29 August 2009, 01:00pm IST. PATNA: Bihar government has prepared a detailed project report (DPR) for an ambitious Rs 40 crore scheme along river Ganga ... Only 1025 mld capacity sewage treatment available along Ganga River: ... - Dec 14, 2009 SifyTo address this gap, the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) resolved that by the year 2020, it would be ensured that no untreated municipal sewage ... PM chairs Ganga River Basin Authority meet - Oct 5, 2009 The HinduPTI. PTI Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Mr. Jairam Ramesh and Mr. Jaipal Reddy at the meeting of the Ganga River Basin Authority (GRBA). ... Cyclists trek to revive the Ganga River - Jan 25, 2010 Daily News & AnalysisLegend has it that the ancient Indian culture and civilisation flourished along the banks of the mighty river Ganga. Not surprisingly, this river is the ... BCom student drowns into the Ganga river - Jun 22, 2009 Times of IndiaKANPUR: A 21-year-old BCom II student, who had gone to take a bath at Ganga Barrage drowned into the river here under the Gwaltoli police station on Monday. ... Festival to register protest against stoppage of Ganga river - Nov 10, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Hindustan Times - Factiva, from Dow JonesNEW DELHI, India, Nov 10 -- FESTIVAL OF Dev-Dipawli will be celebrated in a simple way on the banks of river in Varanasi to register their protest against ... 'Centre should take steps to clean Ganga river' - Nov 5, 2007 Expressindia.comVaranasi, November 4 The two-day silver jubilee of the Sankat Mochan Foundation (SMF) concluded on Sunday at Tulsi Ghat with a call to the UPA Government, ... Water quality in Ganga river at Haridwar poor: NGO - Jan 25, 2010 Press Trust of IndiaDehra Dun, Jan 18 (PTI) Water quality of the river Ganga in Haridwar is below the standards set by the Central Pollution Control Board for bathing, ... Move to promote Ganga river valley culture - Feb 23, 2009 Times of IndiaPATNA: A section of intelligentsia, lawyers, social and cultural workers on Sunday decided to organize a national level cultural meet here on June 4 to ... First anniversary of Ganga being declared as National River of India - Nov 4, 2009 Times of IndiaFollowing the meeting, the PM declared the Ganga as the National River on November 4, 2008 and decided to set up National Ganga River Basin Authority as an ... Budhabalang river ideal habitat for fresh water Dolphin-study - Aug 26, 2006 OneindiaA research study and monitoring of the behaviour of a Ganga river dolphin ... While migrating from river Hooghly this Ganga river dolphin avoided entering ... Fund flow continues for Ganga - Oct 6, 2009 Economic TimesNEW DELHI: Twenty two years and Rs 960 crore later, the government plans to spend another Rs 15000 crore over the next 10 years to make the Ganga river ... Ganga dolphins may become extinct - Jan 2, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Hindustan Times - Factiva, from Dow JonesNEW DELHI, India, Jan 2 -- Extremely valuable freshwater Ganga river dolphins ... The chemical content was found much higher in Ganga river due to harmful ... POLLUTION IN GANGA RIVER - Mar 9, 2007 pib.nic.inA total of Rs.740.11 crore has been released to different States so far for implementation of schemes for the river Ganga under Ganga Action Plan (GAP). ... Ganga River | Polluted Rivers | Cleaning Ganga | - Jan 2, 2009 OneindiaNew Delhi, Nov 24 (UNI) The government today said Rs 1387.71 crores are needed to clean the highly polluted Ganga and place it at par with the Thames river ... River Rites - Edit Page - Opinion - Home - The Times of India - Nov 7, 2008 Times of IndiaThat the new Ganga River Basin Authority is only a new form of the earlier Ganga Action Plan is no reason to dismiss it outright. ... SA team all set to capture Gangetic dolphins on celluloid - Oct 10, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Hindustan Times - Factiva, from Dow JonesBrunda maintained that the Ganga river Dolphin was in danger of disappearing even before it had properly been discovered, and very little was known about ... Ganga declared a national river - Nov 4, 2008 MerinewsGanga River Basin Authority would be set up as an empowered planning, implementing and monitoring authority for the river as declared by the Prime Minister. ... International Congress on advances in environment science - Oct 31, 2009 Times of IndiaProf Tripathi also said all the recommendations related to the eco-development of the Ganga River Basin would be communicated to Prime Minister Manmohan ... Oxygen level in Ganga water falls drastically - Dec 16, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Hindustan Times - Factiva, from Dow JonesIn Allahabad the Ganga river is getting polluted primarily due to sewer water and industrial pollution. The sewer water contains harmful chemicals and ... Jal Biradari to launch Ganga Yatrafor benefit of new govt at Centre - May 9, 2009 Times of IndiaThe National Ganga River Basin Authority would be responsible for addressing the problem of pollution in the Ganga in a holistic and comprehensive manner. ... Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - Jan 14, 2010 Daily TimesIndia is constructing its project on the Ganga River in held Kashmir. The Ganga river is called Neelum River when it enters Pakistan and Pakistan is ... Saifuddin Soz, 8 CMs to discuss new Ganga Authority - Dec 30, 2008 LivemintThe government had also announced to set up a Ganga River Basin Authority to ... “Finer details about the Ganga River Basin Authority will also be discussed ... Mayor yet to get UPSGRCA letter - Dec 11, 2009 Times of IndiaVARANASI: It is quite surprising that even after over two months of the notification of the constitution of Uttar Pradesh State Ganga River Conservation ... Ganga plan aimed at scuttling Maya road? - Nov 7, 2008 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: Mayawati's Ganga Express Highway may be in the crosshairs of Manmohan's Ganga River Basin Authority. The road project, designed by the BSP ... RAILWAY BRIDGES ON GANGA RIVER IN BIHAR - Aug 24, 2006 pib.nic.inRail-cum-Road bridges at Patna and Munger are under construction. On both these rail-cum-road bridges various activities related to land acquisition, ... Ganga among 10 dying rivers - Mar 20, 2007 Times of IndiaThe river is home to more than 140 fish species, 90 amphibian species and the endangered Ganga river dolphin. And Ganga is, of course, sacred to Hindus, ... Ganga continues to be exploited - Jan 9, 2010 Times of India...the fact that it has been declared the National River and the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has also been formed for its management. ... Past mistakes will be avoided - Oct 8, 2009 Times of IndiaSharing the progress of the eco-development of Ganga river basin with ... Besides, a state-level Ganga River Conservation Authority (GRCA) has also been ... Mahaweli Ganga (river, Sri Lanka) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia - Jun 3, 2008 Subscription - Encyclopedia BritannicaBritannica online encyclopedia article on Mahaweli Ganga (river, Sri Lanka), (Sinhalese: “Great Sandy River�), river, central and eastern Sri Lanka. Kashmir Watch :: In-depth coverage on Kashmir conflict - Jun 17, 2007 Kashmir WatchIndia is constructing Kishanganga hydropower project of 330 MW on Ganga River in held Kashmir . Ganga River is called Neelum River when it enters Pakistan ... NCC cadets clean Ganga ghat at Buxar - Sep 23, 2009 Times of IndiaThe project is undertaken by all NCC units along the Ganga river from ... The Ganga River Basin Authority was set up to stop its pollution and degradation. ... Mystery Factor Gives Ganges a Clean Reputation : NPR - Dec 16, 2007 NPRMs. MONISH ZELKAN: So we used to ask her why do you have to go every day and bathe in Ganga River, why? Then she said, if you bathe in the Ganga every day ... Indians keep faith with Ganges despite pollution - Jan 24, 2010 Yahoo! NewsIn February last year the government established the National Ganga River Basin Authority to monitor conservation efforts, and in December the World Bank ... Watery Grave: Over 40 feared drowned in Ganga - Oct 16, 2005 Times of IndiaLUCKNOW: Over 40 people, including women and children, were feared drowned in the Ganga river after a boat carrying more than 70 people capsized in Ballia ... Ganga threatened by increasing pollution - Jul 31, 2009 Times of IndiaHARIDWAR/DEHRADUN: Revered by hundreds and thousands, the Ganga River is fighting for ... The government has set up the National Ganga River basin Authority ... Ensure a cleaner Ganga, says SC - Oct 10, 2006 Daily News & AnalysisThe World Health Organisation says one person dies every minute due to water-born diseases in the Ganga river basin that's home to some 400 million people, ... Flood-hit Bihar battles shortage of drinking water - Sep 1, 2008 IBNLive.comThe Kosi's flow into the Ganga river too has picked up, which means water levels are not increasing. But its small consolation for lakhs of those waiting ... Ganga Maiya, the river that washes away all sins - Jan 18, 2010 SifyThe early morning mist covers the Ganga river as it flows past the temple town of Haridwar like a gossamer drape, untouched by the sun. At Har-ki-Pauri, ... Hinduism's holy river at risk - Jul 4, 2007 Toronto Star...a climate expert for Greenpeace in India. "When the Ganga River is threatened, Indians will have to wake up the government to this crisis." A DARING RESCUE BY 'THE DARING EAGLES' - Aug 22, 2006 pib.nic.inOn 15 Aug 06, one MI-8 helicopter of the Daring Eagles was busy with the rescue and relief operations in the flood affected areas of Gondia District ... 2000 Durga idols buried to save Ganga river from pollution - Sep 30, 2009 Sakaal TimesPTI. FATEHPUR (UP): Durga idol immersion acquired a green hue in the town with people deciding to save the river Ganga from pollution by opting to bury ... Ganga River Basin Authority to ensure effective abatement of pollution - Jul 20, 2009 pib.nic.inThe Central Government by a Notification dated 20.02.2009, has set up the 'National Ganga River Basin Authority' (NGRBA) as an empowered planning, ... Bihar bans hunting of dolphins - Oct 27, 2009 The HinduOfficials have been asked to keep close surveillance along the Ganga river banks to stop the hunting, the District Magistrate of Patna, JK Sinha, said. ... Tracing the journey of the river of life - Oct 18, 2007 HinduNew release: Discovery Networks MD Deepak Shourie (middle), musician OS Arun (left) and Prof. RK Sinha of Patna University releasing CD of the series ... PM approves Ganga River Basin Authority Notification - Feb 17, 2009 Northern Voices OnlineNew Delhi: The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh today approved the notification for setting up the Ganga River Basin Authority for comprehensive ... Ganges river dolphins at risk from poaching, pollution - Apr 23, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Hindustan Times - Factiva, from Dow Jones...dead at Hanuman Ghat within the sanctuary that is spread over a 50 km-area and was set up nearly a decade ago on the Ganga river at Kahalgaon near here. ... Bhojpuri singers take up the cause of the Ganga river - Dec 4, 2009 glamsham.comKalpana of the Big Boss-2 fame has taken the cause of Ganga River, through her new album KIS LIYE JOGI BANE that has been produced by the Wave music. ... Water quality in Ganga at Haridwar poor: NGO - Jan 18, 2010 Times of IndiaWater samples of Ganga river taken from Saptrishi, Har-Ki-Pauri and Jagjeetpur showed fecal coliforms counts of 1000, 1500 and 7.5 million per 100 ml. ... Landslides disrupt rail, road services in Himachal - Jul 16, 2005 The HinduSHIMLALUCKNOW: The entire population of the 12 marooned villages in Kanpur has been evacuated by rescue teams, but the turbulent Ganga river is likely to ... Industries constitute 20% pollution of Ganga - Oct 9, 2009 Times of IndiaIn order to improve upon the quality of Ganga river water, ... However, it has been found that the quality of the Ganga river water is within the acceptable ... Quick action called for to save river dolphins - Oct 9, 2009 The HinduThe declaration of the Ganges river dolphin as India's national aquatic animal by the Ganga River Basin Authority chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ... Ganga River Basin Authority to come up in few days - Feb 10, 2009 SamayLiveNew Delhi, Feb 10 : The Ganga River Basin Authority, to be vested with appropriate powers to check pollution in the river, will be set up in the next few ... Bihar bans hunting of dolphins - Dec 14, 2009 Times of IndiaOfficials have been asked to keep close surveillance along the Ganga river banks to stop the hunting, the District Magistrate of Patna, JK Sinha, said. ... Govt announces pilot study on impact of dams on Ganga riverbed - Nov 13, 2008 LivemintLast week, along with declaring the Ganga a national river, the Centre also announced the creation of the Ganga River Basin Authority, whose aim is to ... Bihar Cabinet meets on a boat on the River Ganga - Jan 15, 2010 SifyThe Indian government has estimated that it will require an initial investment of four billion dollars for the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) ... Article: A Sacred River Endangered by Global Warming; Glacial Source... - Jun 17, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - HighBeam Research..."When the Ganga River is threatened, Indians will have to wake up the government to this crisis." Read all of this article with a FREE trial ... National Ganga River Basin Authority approved an ambitious project to... - Nov 23, 2009 pib.nic.inThe National Ganga River Basin Authority has recently approved an ambitious plan to prevent discharge of untreated municipal sewage waste and industrial ... India to spend Rs15,000 crore for 'a clean, free-flowing' Ganga - Dec 31, 2009 Moneylife Personal Finance Magazine..."The Union government is confident that it will clean the Ganga river by 2020 and Rs 15000 crore will be spent for this purpose under the river development ... UP government constitutes Ganga river conservation authority - Nov 17, 2009 Zee NewsLucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government today constituted UP State Ganga River Conservation Authority on the lines of Gang Basic Authority constituted by the ... PIL seeking CBI probe on misuse of Ganga funds filed - May 9, 2006 Times of India...submitted that due to the the high level of pollution, it had become unsafe for people to use water from the Ganga river for day to day activities. ... Nitish asks Centre to convene meeting on Ganga basin - Jun 3, 2009 HinduThe Ganga River Basin Authority of which all chief ministers of riparian states are members, have not met even once, he lamented and urged the Prime ... How the rivers took revenge on cities - Oct 29, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Economic Times - Factiva, from Dow JonesMajor Tolly proposed to the East India Company that he would dredge, at his own expense, the heavily silted Adi Ganga river near Kalighat to create a safe ... Pranab hopes to green economy, NGO unimpressed - Jul 6, 2009 Economic TimesMehta said the National Ganga River Basin Authority was the much-reviled 1985 Ganga Action Plan by another name, "which had been planned very badly, ... 400 villages hit as rivers rise again - Aug 11, 2007 HinduIn the flash floods of the Thungabhadra, onion crops at Dungala and Thimmamkondi were submerged. Crops around Penn Ganga river in Adilabad district also ... Make Yamuna national river too, demand activists - Nov 10, 2008 Daily News & AnalysisThe scope of the proposed Ganga River Basin Authority should be widened to include the Yamuna." Mughal historian R Nath says all the architectural marvels ... World Bank to fund $ 1 bn for clean Ganga project - Oct 3, 2009 The Hindu...“We are talking of a long term billion dollar commitment for the newly created National Ganga River Basin Authority, a body headed by the Prime Minister, ... Armed with Rs 15k crore, govt vows clean Ganga by 2020 - Jan 1, 2010 Times of India..."The Union government is confident of getting the holy Ganga river cleaned by 2020. Rs 15000 crore will be spent for this purpose under the river ... No municipal, industrial waste will flow into Ganga by 2020 - Nov 25, 2009 Times of IndiaThe decision was taken at the first meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) on October 5, Ramesh said while replying to a written ... Periyar protection focus of campaigning in Aluva - Apr 4, 2006 Pay-Per-View - The Hindu - Factiva, from Dow JonesIn his scheme of things, the authority would be like the Ganga river authority. He said he was against closing down the industries in the vicinity in order ... Despite pollution, Indians keep faith with Ganges - Jan 25, 2010 Manila BulletinIn February last year the government established the National Ganga River Basin Authority to monitor conservation efforts, and in December the World Bank ... It pains me to see Gangaji being ravaged: Agrawal - Aug 6, 2009 Times of IndiaHe believes that though the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGBRA) has been formed after the declaration of the Ganga as National River, it seems that ... GIS in Flood Hazard Mapping: a case study of Kosi River Basin - Sep 12, 2008 JaiBiharThe Kosi is one of the major tributaries of the Ganga River, and rises in the Nepal Himalayas. After traversing through the Nepal Himalayas, it enters India ... World Bank to loan India $1 bln to clean Ganges - Dec 3, 2009 Washington PostEarlier this year the Indian government set up a National Ganga River Basin Authority as part of a plan to ensure that by 2020 no untreated sewage or ... World's first Hindu theme park - Apr 28, 2005 BBC News..."People come to take a bath on the bank of the Ganga river because it is a Hindu belief that this cleanses a person." "But after they take a bath there is ... After 28 years, Char Jatra Siddhi residents can vote again - Apr 6, 2009 LivemintChar Jatra Siddhi, West Bengal: Inhabitants of this almost forgotten riverine island, created by the shifting course of the Adi Ganga river, have not voted ... Another flood coming up.. - Oct 11, 2009 Times of IndiaMost at risk are the 11 states that share the Ganga river basin — Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, ... Bihar Cabinet to meet aboard boats - Dec 30, 2009 NDTV.comLast month, the Bihar government had set up a State Ganga River Basin Authority (SGRBA) to control water pollution, and manage the discharge of sewage into ... Eco-friendly STPs to save Ganga from pollution - Oct 31, 2009 Times of IndiaVARANASI: The holy city would be developed as a model for eco-development of the Ganga River Basin in the country, said noted environment scientist and ... River Ganga continues to face pollution - May 4, 2009 Economic TimesA Ganga River Basin Authority was also set up in order to check pollution in the river and its degradation. But the problems for the River Ganga are far ... Govt Declares Dolphin as National Aquatic Animal - Oct 5, 2009 OutlookHe said the decision was taken at the first meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ... India: World Bank Likely to Give $1 Billion for Cleaning Ganga River ... - Dec 2, 2009 Subscription - Wall Street Journal Online - Dow Jones & CompanyIndia is close to securing a $1 billion loan from the World Bank to fund a recently-launched program to clean and conserve the Ganga river, ... Indian Army team on a mission to save Ganga - May 12, 2008 Expressindia.comVaranasi, May 11 What started as an adventure expedition has transformed into a mission to save the Ganga river from pollution. A team of two officers and ... Special prayers on River Ganga's birthday - May 2, 2009 Oneindia..."The condition of Ganga River has worsened. The river is drying up and has almost turned into a drainage. To retain its lost glory, we decided to celebrate ... Troubled dolphin waters - Nov 23, 2007 Hindu Business LineThis is known to support one of the highest-remaining densities of Ganga river dolphin — an indicator of the relatively good health of the ecosystem in this ... Slum dwellers of Dharavi hopeful of Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire - Feb 22, 2009 Daily News & AnalysisMeanwhile, people in Varanasi offered special prayers to the Ganga river for the ... "Today at the Ganga river bank, we are offering prayer for the Oscar ... For the cause of holy river - Aug 3, 2009 Times of India...on the Bhagirathi river and make its recommendations to the newly formed Ganga River Basin Authority in another two months has been totally ignored. ... Third relief point opened on LoC - Nov 13, 2005 The HinduShahid of 5 Punjab halfway on the newly laid foot suspension bridge over the Kishan Ganga River, which is the dividing line between the two Kashmirs. ... economic-and-business Water dispute and war risk - Jan 18, 2010 DAWN.comIslamabad fears the Kishanganga project – it is being constructed on Ganga River which on entry into Pakistan becomes Neelum River – will reduce water ... Efforts to cleanse Ganga stepped up: Government - Dec 9, 2009 Daily News & Analysis...the costs of operating and maintaining sewage treatment plants along the Ganga river be borne by the Centre," environment minister Jairam Ramesh said. ... Power from Hill state a far cry - Oct 11, 2009 Times of IndiaUTTARKASHI (Uttrakhand): Three hydro projects, conceived by the Uttrakhand government on the holy Ganga river, as a stride towards its dream of converting ... 'Wake up sons of Ganga' - Dec 16, 2009 Times of IndiaBanaras Hindu University (BHU) and member of newly constituted National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA), also criticises the commentator for his ... Ganga to be declared as national river - Nov 18, 2008 MerinewsIt was also decided that Ganga river basin authority would be established as an empowered planning, implementing and monitoring authority for the Ganga ... WATER QUALITY OF RIVER GANGA IMPROVES - Jun 15, 2006 pib.nic.inStudy relating to Water Quality Management Plan for Ganga River with focus along stretches of four towns namely Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad and Varanasi. ... Bridge over river Ganga would be nation's pride - Oct 12, 2009 The HinduUnion Minister of State for Railways E. Ahamed has said the proposed 4556-metre road-cum-rail bridge over the Ganga river, near here would be a pride of the ... Some relief for Bihar's arsenic hit villages - May 23, 2009 The Hindu...to people in many Bihar villages, but the state government has finally moved to bring safe drinking water from the Ganga river to some of these areas. ... City youth will run to save Ganga - Nov 19, 2009 Times of IndiaAfter the formation of National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA), Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports initiated formation of voluntary NYC in every ... Save Ganga! - Varanasi - City - The Times of India - Aug 18, 2009 Times of IndiaThe seers played an important role in the declaration of Ganga as National River, after which the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) was ... A first for Sangam: BSP minister hosts son's wedding on river bank - Dec 13, 2008 Indian ExpressThis is the first-ever wedding ceremony to be held at the Sangam and is likely to heavily pollute the Ganga river. Mela officer Jitendra Kumar, ... Ganga pollution worries House - Mar 8, 2006 Times of IndiaThe House was seized with the short-notice question of Ramchandra Purbey on environmental conditions of the Ganga river near Patna, which was being polluted ... Fake cheques scam unearthed in Kanpur bank - 05 Aug 2009 Gaea Times...who was kidnapped three days ago from a crowded Kanpur locality, was found on the banks of the Ganga river in the neighbouring Unnao town Sunday, For the cause of holy river - Aug 3, 2009 Times of India...on the Bhagirathi river and make its recommendations to the newly formed Ganga River Basin Authority in another two months has been totally ignored. Environmentalist decides to go on hunger strike - Aug 4, 2009 Press Trust of India...of experts to review the issue of construction of dams on the Bhagirathi and send its recommendations to the newly formed Ganga River Basin Authority. Ganga threatened by increasing pollution - Jul 30, 2009 SifyRevered by hundreds and thousands, the Ganga River is fighting for survival seriously threatened by alarming rise of various pollutants. Crores go down the drain but Ganga plan stagnates - Jul 28, 2009 The StatesmanJust ahead of the first meeting of the State Ganga River Conservation Authority (a state-level committee of the National Ganga River Basin Authority), Govt. accepts failure in cleaning Ganga, Yamuna - Jul 17, 2009 Gaea TimesReferring to the National Ganga River Basin Authority headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, he said global tender for project consultants to prepare a Gangubai Hangal's ashes brought to Kolhapur - Aug 4, 2009 Press Trust of IndiaThe ashes will be immersed in Ganga river at Varanasi on August 7. The exponent of the Kirana Gharana had passed away in Hubli, Karnataka at the age of 97. Ganga River Basin Authority to ensure effective abatement of pollution - Jul 20, 2009 Press Information Bureau (press release)The Central Government by a Notification dated 20.02.2009, has set up the 'National Ganga River Basin Authority' (NGRBA) as an empowered planning, Gangubai's ashes will be immersed in Ganga - Aug 1, 2009 Times of IndiaHUBLI: The ashes of late Hindustani vocalist Gangubai Hangal will be immersed in Ganga river at Varanasi on August 8. The vessel of ashes will be taken to On the banks of time - Aug 1, 2009 Deccan HeraldYet, as one approaches the 'ghats' of the sacred Ganga river, it appears that this ancient city — said to be the only city in the world with a written India's Ganges basin plan and Bangladesh - Jul 16, 2009 The New NationThe first major stated objective of the 'National Ganga River Basin Authority' is to maintain the desired water quality in the Ganga. Various pollution abatement works taken up for Ganga and Yamuna - Jul 13, 2009 Press Information Bureau (press release)The Central Government, by a Notification dated 20.2.2009, has set up the 'National Ganga River Basin Authority' (NGRBA) as an empowered planning, Here's a restaurant floating in Ganga - Jul 20, 2009 Times of IndiaNitish was on board to inaugurate this novel restaurant which will be operated by the Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation on the Ganga river twice River breaches embankment affecting hundreds of families in UP - Aug 2, 2009 Gaea TimesJuly 31st, 2009 HARIDWAR/DEHRADUN - Revered by hundreds and thousands, the Ganga River is fighting for survival seriously threatened by alarming rise of Ganga conforming to prescribed standards barring UP strech - Jul 20, 2009 MyNews.inAnswering questions on the recently set up National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) to ensure effective check on pollution of most sacred river of the Gangubai Hangal's ashes immersed - Jul 23, 2009 Times of India...“The ritual was done as per the wishes of Gangubai,� they said, adding that they would immerse ashes in Ganga River at Varanasi and Triambakeshwar at Nasik On the Go Tours launches new brochure for India & Beyond! - Aug 4, 2009 e-Travel Blackboard (press release)...play host to millions of pilgrims, devotees and tourists who each year from all over the world congregate on the biblical banks of the Ganga River. Skywatchers across UP witness 'rare cosmic event' - Jul 22, 2009 Press Trust of IndiaIn Varanasi and Kanpur, the occasion was celebrated with lakhs of people taking dip in the Ganga river, after the eclipse. Garbage-free Patna within a year: Deputy CM - Jul 16, 2009 Times of India...formation of a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for developing the Ganga river front and construction of a road along Saidpur Nala right up to Gaighat, Bail denied to ex-MP in murder case - Jul 18, 2009 Times of IndiaThe contractor's decomposed body was fished out by Navy drivers from the Ganga river in Patna on June 12. Police investigations into the case later found Temple of Bounce - Jul 21, 2009 SLAM OnlineA devout of the Ganga River takes dips in the river everyday, bowing respectfully to his deity. Followers of Lord Ganesha will visit his temple, Visitors to Gangotri glacier restricted - Jul 15, 2009 Press Trust of IndiaBesides, Chufal said a ban has been imposed on approaching within 500 meters of Gaumukh, the source of Ganga river. However, the minister dismissed concerns Visit on Kumbh Mela in India - Jul 20, 2009 Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung)Holy city Haridwar in Uttarakhand along Ganga river, Ujjain in state of Madhya Pradesh.along the Kshipra river and Nashik in Maharasthra along the Kidnapped Kanpur boy killed even after ransom was paid - Jul 13, 2009 Indian ExpressOn Saturday morning, the Unnao police found the body and, after a postmortem, buried it on the banks of the Ganga river as unclaimed. Abandon Tipaimukh dam project, Khaleda Zia tells India - Jul 18, 2009 Smash HitsBangladesh and India have in the past sparred over a dam at Farakka on the Ganga river. As the prime minister during 1991-96, Zia had raised that dispute at Kanwarias again on rampage in Delhi - Jul 20, 2009 Smash HitsThe 'Kanwarias', annually trek to Haridwar city and walk back to their homes in distant places of north India with water from the Ganga river. Hundreds of devotees gather to offer prayers at Ayodhya temple - Jul 20, 2009 Smash HitsDuring the festival, the pilgrims, called 'Kanwarias' in local parlance, carry holy water from Ganga River and offer it to Lord Shiva. (ANI) Kishanganga project: Pakistan serves notice on India - Mar 23, 2009 The News InternationalThe said tributary is called Neelum River when it enters Pakistan and India is diverting water of Neelum River (Ganga River) to Wullar Lake to generate Social activists thank PM for setting up River Ganga Authority - Mar 12, 2009 SamayLiveThe Prime Minister stressed that a national programme like Ganga river cleaning would need massive participation by the people to make it successful, Ganga basin authority notified - Mar 4, 2009 Down to Earth (subscription)The Centre has notified the Ganga River Basin Authority, which will be responsible for comprehensive management of the Ganga river basin. Chronic headaches drive woman to suicide - Mar 23, 2009 Times of IndiaShe was fed up of the pain and wanted to end it all. The note also expressed her desire for her ashes to be submerged in Ganga river, the official added. Newly-designed motor launch developed - Mar 14, 2009 Times of India...already earned repute for organising long car rallies. Motor boat race in the Ganga river would add colour to the grandeur of the city of Patna, he added. Kuwait Fund Provides Rs. 4B for Kalu Ganga Development Project - Mar 15, 2009 Daily MirrorMain components of the project are construction of a 67 metre high dam across Kalu-ganga River at Pallegama, a thirteen km long transfer canal including a A human chain on banks of Ganga marks World Water Day - Mar 23, 2009 Malaysia SunVaranasi, Mar 23 : Residents formed a human chain on the banks of the Ganges river here to mark World Water Day on Sunday. They vowed to cleanse the river Pleasing Gods with Public Money - Mar 6, 2009 TehelkaOne sees the holy water being brought by the Haj pilgrims, and those visiting the Ganga River. Should governments also be doing this? International yoga symposium attracts tourists in Uttarakhand - Mar 5, 2009 SINDH TODAYIt also brings people to the Ganga (River) and puts them in touch with the whole spirit of India. So it’sa very wonderful feeling of bringing yoga students Govt move to provide safe drinking water in arsenic-hit areas - Mar 3, 2009 Times of IndiaA survey conducted by the government in the districts located near Ganga river found that 297 tolas in Buxar districts and 97 in Bhojpur have high arsenic Jaiprakash Associates to hire 2000 this year - Mar 3, 2009 Economic TimesThe company is also executing the proposed 1047-km eight-lane Ganga Expressway that would run along the Ganga river and connect western and eastern border Product differentiators in ads get more unusual, more trivial - Mar 10, 2009 LivemintGodrej launched a soap called Ganga which claimed to have Ganga river water, considered to be holy by many Indians, as one of the ingredients. Bihar Needs Quality Candidates and Development Oriented Manifestos - Mar 19, 2009 Bihar TimesChhapara- Patna-Barauni- Bhagalpur along Ganga River (originating from proposed route of Jagadishpur-Haldiya Pipeline at Chhapara), d. Ganga Basin Auth coming up to rejuvenate cleaning of river - Feb 20, 2009 Indopia,New Delhi, Feb 20 National Ganga River Basin Authority is being set up with an aim to rejuvenate the joint efforts of states and the Centre in cleaning the PM approves notification for Ganga River Basin Authority - Feb 17, 2009 Press Trust of India,New Delhi, Feb 17 (PTI) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today approved the notification for setting up of the Ganga River Basin Authority for comprehensive Protest against dam on Ganga grows stronger - Feb 18, 2009 NDTV.com,This Tuesday the Prime minister declared the Ganga a national river and launched the Ganga River Basin Authority aimed at not only managing its waters but Former IIT professor ends fast, wins a battle for Ganga (with image) - Feb 20, 2009 Thaindian.com,Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday approved the notification for setting up the Ganga River Basin Authority for comprehensive management of the basin. Ganga Basin Authority to be formed soon - Feb 10, 2009 JaiBihar,NEW DELHI : The Ganga River Basin Authority, to be vested with appropriate powers to check pollution in the river, will be set up in the next few days. Kishen Ganga project to begin soon - Feb 12, 2009 Kashmir Live,The water of Kishen Ganga River will be diverted through a 27 kilometre tunnel dug through the mountains to Bandipore where it will join the Wular Lake and River draw for tourists - Feb 6, 2009 Calcutta Telegraph,The Rs 130-crore Ganga River Cruise Project is the most ambitious of the plans. “We expect to complete the tender process of the river cruise project by the Gangajal for devotees on Shivaratri - Feb 18, 2009 Express Buzz,The Muzarai department is getting about 50000 litres of water from Ganga river to be distributed among devotees on Shivaratri. Along with Gangajal, devotees Ashes of Venkataraman immersed in Ganga - Jan 30, 2009 Hindu,...former President R Venkataraman, whose mortal remains were consigned to flames in New Delhi two days ago, were today immersed in the Ganga river here. Protect and preserve the River Ganga - Jan 28, 2009 Merinews,At a general meeting organised on January 28, in the campus of Gandhi Darshan, by 'Waterman of India' Rajendra Singh, speakers said they were ready to eight slaughtered over forbidden marriage - Feb 11, 2009 Times Online,The bodies were discovered floating in down the Ganga river in the northern state of Bihar, one of India's poorest territories. Indian entries may miss nature wonders race - Jan 26, 2009 Times of India,New 7 Wonders of Nature are the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, the Ganga river, and the Sunderbans delta, the largest mangrove forest in the world. Text of President’s address to Parliament - Feb 12, 2009 Zee News,My government has initiated steps to set up a Ganga River Basin Authority chaired by the Prime Minister with Chief Ministers of Ganga basin states to Three killed, 15 injured in accident in UP - Jan 26, 2009 Hindu,All the victims were pilgrims, who were returning to Baisapur village after taking a dip in Ganga river at Kada Devi Dham in the district, they said. Marathon in Varanasi to save River Ganga - Feb 16, 2009 Smash Hits,Varanasi, Feb 16 (ANI): Hundreds of enthusiastic people here took part in a marathon organised to spread the message of saving River Ganga from further Timothy Rodriguez Named Community Outreach Coordinator - Feb 5, 2009 ReadMedia (press release),National Outdoor Leadership School during the Spring 2008 semester, he backpacked in the Himalayan Mountains and white water rafted on the Ganga River. Former President Venkataraman’s ashes to be immersed tomorrow - Jan 29, 2009 Press Information Bureau (press release),The ashes of former President Shri R Venkataraman will be immersed in the holy Ganga river at Haridwar tomorrow. The urn containing the ashes will be [Assam] India style outside/local labor unrest rising in West? - Feb 7, 2009 AssamNet,I witnessed this first hand, while awaiting my train (NorthEastern Express) to take me from Allahabad ( I had already taken a dip in the Holy Ganga river Former President Venkataraman Cremated - Feb 6, 2009 India Journal,...and Vijaya along with their spouses, bid him a tearful farewell. The ashes of Venkataraman were immersed in the Ganga river at Haridwar on Jan 30. (PTI) [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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