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Swati Bansal
The Ganga has its own website!
News this week
Posted on 15 Sep, 2014 09:36 PM

Water Ministry launches a portal on the Ganga river

Ganga river at Kaudiyala
Supreme Court gets strict with illegal river sand miners
Policy matters this week
Posted on 15 Sep, 2014 09:25 PM

SC gets strict with illegal river sand miners

Sand mining in the Narmada valley
National River Linking Project: Dream or disaster?
The project is back in the news now but how much do you know about it? We cover the basics including its history, aim, costs and impact on the environment and people in this comprehensive piece.
Posted on 14 Sep, 2014 08:19 PM

The National River Linking Project (NRLP) formally known as the National Perspective Plan, envisages the transfer of water from water ‘surplus’ basins where there is flooding to water ‘deficit’ basins where there is drought/scarcity, through inter-basin water transfer projects.

Interlinking of rivers (Source: NIH)
50% of MGNREGS reserved for water conservation work
Policy matter this week
Posted on 08 Sep, 2014 10:18 PM

50% of MGNREGS work should be for improving water conservation: Government

Labourers building check dams under MGNREGS
Furious Jhelum claims 160 lives
News this week
Posted on 08 Sep, 2014 06:19 PM

J&K reels under the worst flood in 60 years

Floods wreak havoc in Jammu & Kashmir
Ken-Betwa river link to divert 6,000 hectares of Panna Tiger Reserve
News this week
Posted on 01 Sep, 2014 10:06 PM

Ken-Betwa river link to take away 10% of MP's Panna Tiger Reserve

Map showing Ken-Betwa river link (Source: Shannon)
Increased subsidy for toilet construction
Policy matters this week
Posted on 01 Sep, 2014 03:33 PM

Higher monetary incentives for toilet construction and delinking sanitation mission from MGNREGS

Toilet under construction in Karnataka
Coca Cola scraps plan to expand bottling plant at Varanasi
News this week
Posted on 25 Aug, 2014 10:43 PM

Coca Cola to look for other options within state for plant

Coca Cola bottling plant (Source: S. Subramanium)
3 major decisions to revive the Ganga within 3 years
Policy matters this week
Posted on 25 Aug, 2014 10:27 PM

Government identifies 11 states along Ganga for sewer link

Ganga river at Kachla, Uttar Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh's forests make way for Renuka Dam
Policy matters this week
Posted on 19 Aug, 2014 01:31 PM

Forest clearance granted to the proposed Renuka Dam

Forest cover of Himachal Pradesh
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