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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
India's $3 billion plan to clean the Ganges river is badly behind schedule with large stretches contaminated by toxic waste and sewage, forcing Prime ...
Government Policy River Studies Ecosystem Management River Engineering Sewage River Restoration River Engineering Waste Disposal Pollution Waste Incineration
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by Vishakha Rajput, Previous COO The Water Network at AquaSPE AG
The Uttarakhand Pey Jal Nigam (Jal Nigam) is a statutory body constituted under the Uttarakhand (The Uttar Pradesh Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1975) ...
Raw Sewage Sewage Treatment
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The Wildlife Institute of India has been asked by the Ministry of Water Resources to undertake a survey of aquatic fauna in Ganga river, including Gangetic ...
Academic River Studies Ecosystem Management River Engineering River Restoration Animal Health Ecosystem
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The governments in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand have stepped up efforts to resolve their longpending disputes over control of different assets along the ...
Government Canals Resource Management Water Resource Management River Studies River Restoration Agriculture & Forestry
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
While Bangladesh is keen on the project, to save rivers in its southwest, India is worried about possible siltation upstream. After a series of discussions ...
Government Resource Management River Studies River Engineering Transboundary Water Resources Management Hydrology River Engineering International Cooperation
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
'Namami Gange' programme will soon mark two years, but it has not yet picked up the desired pace on the ground with only 13 of the 145 sanctioned projects ...
Government Public Health Public - Private Partnerships River Studies Ecosystem Management River Engineering River Restoration Pollution
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
None of the big names of Indian industry figures in the list of companies that have contributed to the Fund. The remaining 7.35 per cent of the Fund value — ...
Business River Studies Ecosystem Management River Engineering River Restoration Pollution
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Uma Bharti suggested a formation of a joint group between India and Bavaria (a state in Germany) to identify areas of co-operation in water sector. ...
Government River Studies Ecosystem Management Water Resources River Engineering River Restoration International Cooperation
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Realising the importance of non-veg turtles, the forest department is planning to release around 500 of them in the river once they come of age, to help ...
Government Contaminant Removal River Studies Ecosystem Management River Engineering Aquatic Environment River Restoration Pollution Animal Health
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The government has decided to crack the whip on 1,000 industrial units across five states along the Ganga that are continuing to empty untreated waste into ...
Government Water Pollution River Studies Ecosystem Management Pollution Sewage River Restoration Waste Disposal Pollution Waste disposal
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
To monitor pollution in the Ganga on a real time basis, the Central government has installed 44 Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring Stations in the river to ...
Government Public Health Standards & Quality Water Pollution Quality River Studies Water Monitoring River Engineering River Restoration Quality Maintenance Monitoring & Control Pollution
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The Centre is planning to launch a nationwide movement to make people aware of the increasing arsenic problem in groundwater in and around the Ganga Basin. ...
Government Arsenic Contaminant Removal Groundwater River Studies Pollution River Restoration Groundwater Pollution Pollution
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The Government of India has launched a comprehensive and scientific 'across-the-river' survey in the River Ganga to determine the population of aquatic ...
Academic Aquatic Ecology River Studies Ecosystem Management Aquatic Ecologist River Restoration Agriculture & Forestry Pollution Animal Health Ecosystem
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Britain’s earth observation community is linking with Indian experts to assess the impact of climate change and the associated greenhouse gas emissions on ...
Academic GIS River Studies Ecosystem Management River Engineering River Restoration Agriculture & Forestry Rain Water Management GIS Spatial Analysis Agriculture Ecosystem
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The government is unlikely to be able to clean the Ganga by 2018, a target set by Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti. Key reasons, according to sources in ...
Government Contaminant Removal River Studies Ecosystem Management River Engineering Sewage River Restoration Pollution
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
An environment ministry panel has called for a study to monitor noise levels due to coal transportation on the Ganga and its impact on Gangetic dolphins. The ...
Government River Studies Ecosystem Management River Restoration Transportation Animal Health Ecosystem
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Indiscriminate desiltation work can cause "more harm" to a river ecology, a high-level panel formed to prepare guidelines for desilting work of 2525-km ...
Government Ecology River Studies Ecosystem Management River Engineering River Restoration Fresh Water Ecology
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The National Green Tribunal has directed inspection of Ganga flood plains to probe dumping and burning of waste after a plea alleged illegal processing of ...
Government River Studies Inspection Pollution River Engineering River Restoration Waste Disposal Waste Disposal Impact Pollution Waste Incineration
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Israeli phytoremediation expert adds fourth project to help rehabilitate affected water bodies in India. Delhi state govt has turned to Israeli company Ayala ...
Business Water Bioretention River Studies Environment Water Resources Algae Restoration Phytoremediation Bioremediation River Engineering River Restoration Pollution Environmental
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Kumaran He used a stand-up paddle boat to sail through the entire stretch of the river in 75 days, to study Ganga dolphins and raise pollution alarm. He ...
Academic Water Pollution Ecosystem Management Geology River Studies Hydrogeology River Restoration Pollution Social Awareness Public Awareness Ecosystem