NMCG approves rejuvenation projects of 6 polluted river stretches in Uttarakhand ANI | Updated: Jul 17, 2021 11:18 IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): New projects of rejuvenation of six polluted river stretches in Uttarakhand were approved at the 36th Executive Committee meeting of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), chaired by Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Director General, NMCG.
As per an official statement issued on Friday, sewerage projects for Ganga towns in Uttarakhand have already been completed in the state for pollution abatement along the Ganga under the Namami Gange program and the Mission has been focusing on the rejuvenation of tributaries of the Ganga with priority on the polluted stretches.
Varanasi: Experts including river engineer and environmentalists are of the view that the 50 MLD sewage treatment plant (STP) being built under hybrid annuity mode in Ramna area would fail to serve the purpose of managing pollution in river Ganga in Varanasi.
The Ramna STP is in the eye of a storm, particularly after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath sought a report from the divisional commissioner and asked to fix the accountability of the officials who prepared the sewage estimation report of Asi river (nullah) and detailed project report of Ramna STP.
During his recent visit to the city, the CM was informed that the sewage load on Ramna STP is over 60 MLD. Interestingly, the sewage load till 2030 had been estimated as 50 MLD in the DPR.
Last month, bodies of suspected Covid-19 patients were found floating in the Ganga. The decomposed bodies were first found in Bihar’s Buxar but later more were discovered in UP districts also.
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 5 (ANI): On the occasion of World Environment Day, a team from Namami Gange on Saturday distributed tulsi plants to people living near the river Ganga and carried out a cleanliness drive.
From the Namami Gange Programme to arrest the pollution and revive river Ganga to the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the national cleanliness drive, PM Modi has ensured growth and environment go hand-in-hand.