Clean Ganga Mission

The Central government today clarified that it has not received any request from National Mission for Clean Ganga to conduct research on the use of Ganga river water as a cure for the COVID-19 virus.

More than Rs 30,000 crore has been sanctioned for projects aimed at cleaning Ganga and its tributaries, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Tuesday.

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) got registered in the Guinness Book of World Records on the first day of the Ganga Utsav -- the River Festival 2021 for the highest number of photos of handwritten notes uploaded on Facebook in an hour.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated six sewage treatment plants worth over Rs 500 crore in Uttarakhand under the 'Namami Gange' mission, saying with the projects' completion the sewage treatment capacity of the state has gone up nearly four-fold in six years.

The government is trying to undertake river rejuvenation programmes on the lines of the Ganga mission in other parts of the country, a top official of the Jal Shakti Ministry said on Tuesday.

Ascetic Aatmabodhanand, who was fasting with an aim to save the holy River Ganga, broke it after getting written assurances from the National Mission for Clean Ganga.

About 1,800 mementos gifted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi since 2014 were auctioned at the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi today. The amount raised by the auction will be used for the National Mission for Clean Ganga Project, organisers said.

"Prepare a list of the schemes floated by the Central government and the Maharashtra government on 1-100 or alphabetically from A to Z. Like A for Ayushman Bharat, B for Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, C for Clean Ganga Mission and so on that can be easily recalled and remembered," PM Modi told BJP workers via video conference.

From ink to chilli powder, Arvind Kejriwal has been targeted in many ways through his tenure as the Delhi Chief Minister. But the most insidious attack probably came on Thursday, when he stepped forward to address the public at an official event in the national capital.

The executive committee of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has approved ten projects worth Rs 1,573.28 crore, of which more than half the amount has been earmarked for Agra, the city of the iconic Taj Mahal, according to an official statement released on today.

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) will use space technology for getting better data on the river and help in planning and monitoring projects, a top official said.

The team found the Ganga polluted all through its 'Mission Gange' expedition route of 1500 km from Haridwar to Patna, Mr Pal told reporters on Wednesday.

Union minister Nitin Gadkari expressed hope here today that the Ganga river will become completely clean by 2020 considering the pace at which its rejuvenation programme was in progress.

Union minister Uma Bharti today said she would launch 'mahaupvaas se mahaprayan' (fast unto death) if implementation of plans related to Ganga cleaning did not start by October next year.

Indian corporates in the UK have committed over USD 5 billion for development projects under Namami Gange Mission, the government said today.

The Central government today clarified that it has not received any request from National Mission for Clean Ganga to conduct research on the use of Ganga river water as a cure for the COVID-19 virus.

More than Rs 30,000 crore has been sanctioned for projects aimed at cleaning Ganga and its tributaries, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Tuesday.

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) got registered in the Guinness Book of World Records on the first day of the Ganga Utsav -- the River Festival 2021 for the highest number of photos of handwritten notes uploaded on Facebook in an hour.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated six sewage treatment plants worth over Rs 500 crore in Uttarakhand under the 'Namami Gange' mission, saying with the projects' completion the sewage treatment capacity of the state has gone up nearly four-fold in six years.

The government is trying to undertake river rejuvenation programmes on the lines of the Ganga mission in other parts of the country, a top official of the Jal Shakti Ministry said on Tuesday.

Ascetic Aatmabodhanand, who was fasting with an aim to save the holy River Ganga, broke it after getting written assurances from the National Mission for Clean Ganga.

About 1,800 mementos gifted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi since 2014 were auctioned at the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi today. The amount raised by the auction will be used for the National Mission for Clean Ganga Project, organisers said.

"Prepare a list of the schemes floated by the Central government and the Maharashtra government on 1-100 or alphabetically from A to Z. Like A for Ayushman Bharat, B for Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, C for Clean Ganga Mission and so on that can be easily recalled and remembered," PM Modi told BJP workers via video conference.

From ink to chilli powder, Arvind Kejriwal has been targeted in many ways through his tenure as the Delhi Chief Minister. But the most insidious attack probably came on Thursday, when he stepped forward to address the public at an official event in the national capital.

The executive committee of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has approved ten projects worth Rs 1,573.28 crore, of which more than half the amount has been earmarked for Agra, the city of the iconic Taj Mahal, according to an official statement released on today.

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) will use space technology for getting better data on the river and help in planning and monitoring projects, a top official said.

The team found the Ganga polluted all through its 'Mission Gange' expedition route of 1500 km from Haridwar to Patna, Mr Pal told reporters on Wednesday.

Union minister Nitin Gadkari expressed hope here today that the Ganga river will become completely clean by 2020 considering the pace at which its rejuvenation programme was in progress.

Union minister Uma Bharti today said she would launch 'mahaupvaas se mahaprayan' (fast unto death) if implementation of plans related to Ganga cleaning did not start by October next year.

Indian corporates in the UK have committed over USD 5 billion for development projects under Namami Gange Mission, the government said today.