India signs agreement with World Bank to clean Ganga
June 14th, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) India Tuesday signed an agreement under which the World Bank will provide $1 billion to supplement the government's efforts to clean up the Ganga, the ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
World Bank loan to clean the Ganga
June 13th, 2011 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) India will sign an agreement with the World Bank Tuesday for a $801-million loan to fund cleaning up of the Ganga, whose pollution levels have ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Ramesh plays down IIT remarks, recalls long ties
May 27th, 2011 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 27 (IANS) Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh Friday tried to play down the controversy he had sparked through his remarks on the IIT-IIM faculty, saying he has long association ... Read more...
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IITs to help clean the Ganges
July 7th, 2010 - 1:12 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) A consortium of seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will help the environment ministry in cleaning the river Ganga.
A memorandum of understanding was signed Tuesday by ... Read more...
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Environment Ministry and IITs sign agreement for National Ganga River Basin Management Plan
July 6th, 2010 - 11:49 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 6 (ANI): An agreement was signed on Tuesday between the seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the Ministry of Environment and Forests for the development of a management ... Read more...
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Only 1025 mld capacity sewage treatment available along Ganga River: Centre
December 14th, 2009 - 7:24 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 14 (ANI): The Union Government on Monday revealed that sewage treatment capacity of 1025 mld is available against the requirement of about 3000 mld being generated in towns along ... Read more...
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Forest and Power ministries to study Bhagirathi power projects
October 5th, 2009 - 8:10 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 5 (ANI): The first meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has asked Union Environment and Forest, and Power ministries to jointly study the issue of ... Read more...
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Nepal Govt launches a pilot project to manage Koshi basin
February 26th, 2009 - 6:18 pm ICT by admin
Kathmandu, Feb 26 (ANI): Keeping in view the disasters caused by the Koshi River over the years, the Nepal Government has come up with a pilot project to manage its basins.A ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |