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PM inaugurates country’s first multi-modal terminal constructed on river Ganga in Varanasi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first Inland Multi-Modal Terminal Port on river Ganga at Ramnagar in Varanasi and received first container cargo belonging to PepsiCo. It is the first of four Multi-Modal Terminals being constructed on National Waterways-I (NW1) ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2018
New Ganga clean-up law proposes setting up Ganga Protection Corps, prison terms and fines
Union Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation has prepared draft Bill which proposes setting up armed Ganga Protection Corps (GPC) to arrest any person who has committed offence of polluting River Ganga punishable under this law. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2018
National Mission for Clean Ganga organizes Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan
National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) had organised Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan in five main Ganga basin states – Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. The drive was launched on 9th July 2018 for a week upto 15 July ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2018
Namami Gange Programme: NMCG approves used of GIS technology
National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has partnered with board Survey of India, to facilitate the Ganga rejuvenation task under Namami Gange programme by using Geographic Information System (GIS) technology. Through the project, NMCG aims to strengthen planning and implementation ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2018
UP Government launches Ganga Hariteema Yojana
Uttar Pradesh Government has launched Ganga Hariteema Yojana (also known as Ganga Greenery scheme) in 27 districts of the state located on the bank of river Ganga. It was launched by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a function organised on ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
India-UK Joint Team wins Newton-Bhabha Fund for Groundwater Arsenic Research project
India-United Kingdom (UK) Joint Team has won Newton-Bhabha Fund for project on Groundwater Arsenic Research in Ganga River Basin. The project was undertaken by Department of Science and Technology (DST) in collaboration with Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UK to ..