Ganges News
Ganga Dussehra is celebrated every year in Jayestha month and this year it is Tuesday, May 30, 2023.
Several bodies, decomposed bloated and suspected to be of people who succumbed to COVID 19, were found floating in the river Ganga in a Bihar district
Officials in Chausa block of Buxar, which borders Uttar Pradesh, rushed to the spot of the unseemly sight upon hearing the news
The IMD has issued an alert of heavy to very heavy rainfall for all districts of Uttarakhand, including Dehradun.
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During the Kumbh Mela, to be held in UP's Prayagraj, millions of pilgrims will bathe at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna, and a mythical third river, the Saraswati.
"There are enough central themes that can make for a very engaging and riveting view," she said.
While eight of these 10 river systems are in Asia, two are in Africa.
Earlier in March, the Uttarakhand HC accorded the status of "living human entities" to the two sacred rivers in India.
The study added that two-thirds of the pollution comes from the 20 most polluting rivers, with majority of them in Asia.
The tribunal said the NGT Registrar General would communicate the date and time when it would carry out the inspection.
The apex environment watchdog also said that unless the excessive extraction of water and discharge of high pollutants are controlled, it would be difficult to restore Ganga to its original pristine condition.
If this long island chain that stretched from north to south had not been swallowed by the sea, it could have offered a natural barrier against tsunamis like the one that killed thousands in 2004, they say.
Bavaria is one of the federal states of Germany and has an experience of successfully cleaning river Danube there, according to a Union Water Resources Ministry statement.
Besides Ganga, which is one of the largest rivers in India and considered to be the holiest river and holds a high place in the mythology of India, similar status has been given to river Yamuna, the tributary of Ganga.
Steve Waugh visits Varanasi to fulfill deceased friend's last wish of scattering his ashes in Ganges
Waugh also expressed his views on the much talked about 'Steve Smith – DRS' controversy that took place during the Bengaluru test.
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar asked the agencies to work together on the project to clean the river, saying, "The Prime Minister has given you a goal, take it as a national project".
Out of 86, about 30 storm drains flow directly into the river.
Hundreds of devotees braced the cold across Himachal Pradesh on Saturday and took dips in rivers to mark the holy day of 'Makar Sankranti'.
Over a million pilgrims from across India and abroad took a holy dip in the river Ganges on Saturday braving the icy cold water and chilly winds, at the annual Ganga Sagar Fair here on Makar Sankranti.
There are 764 industries on the banks of Ganga which are polluting it. We have taken action against some, and our government is committee to taking most stringent action.
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