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rajkanhangad <rajkanhangad[herbal_gardens] Ganges - action Plan -herbal_gardens Date: Monday, October 19, 2009, 5:56 PM

Namaskar I just returned from a Teerth Yatra from Allahabad-Varanasi- Kashi. It is a fact that Action Ganga clean ing & sewage treatment project has taken root - Many improvements are on plan but as it is a Massive Project, will take time- some news clips below Rgds Capt TR

Mission Clean Ganga

October 3, 2009 (PTI): As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is all set to make another serious bid to clean up the river Ganga, the World Bank has agreed in principal to make available USD 1 billion for the purpose. "We are talking of a long term billion dollar commitment for the newly created National Ganga River Basin Authority, a body headed by the Prime Minister, which plans to spend another Rs 15,000 crore over the next 10 years to make the Ganga river pollution free," Ramesh said. The final decision in this regard is expected to be taken when the World Bank President Robert Zoellick visits India in December.

New Delhi, September 27, 2009 (PTI): Over 30 scientific institutions of international repute are in the race to formulate a master plan for the water quality management of Ganga river basin which feeds about 40 per cent of country's population. "A few months ago we had floated a global tender for the task. We have received proposal from at least 30 prestigious international and national organisations such as NEERI, Pune, IIT Delhi and IIT Kanpur," Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said. "The identified institute will have to prepare the master plan within the next two months.

 

NEW DELHI, August 18, 2008: A group of 250 spiritual heads representing most of the religious sects and Hindu organisations across India on Sunday launched the Save the Ganga campaign in the capital. The campaign, Awiral Ganga, Nirmal Ganga: From Gangotri to Ganga Sagar, aims to clean up the river right from its source in the Himalayas to where it drains into the Bay of Bengal at Ganga Sagar in West Bengal by reducing pollution and demanding national heritage status for the river.

"We wish to urge the prime minister to declare Ganga a national heritage and to make pollution of the holy river a cognisable offence," Ramdev said. They also want his help to spike the Uttar Pradesh government's ambitious plan to build a 1,000 km Ganga Expressway connecting the state's eastern tip to the national capital. "A delegation of holy men, clerics and scholars led by Baba Ramdev will meet Manmohan Singh, whose help has been sought to give concrete strength to our mission to clean the Ganga," one of Ramdev's aides told IANS over telephone from Kanpur.