Centre Clears Four New Ganga Projects

A deal to this effect was clinched by the state government at a high-level meeting held in New Delhi between Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh and a high-power committee headed by state urban development minister Nakul Dubey last week.

This has come as a major boost to UP, where Ganga has virtually become a dumping ground for a variety of pollutants, including chemical wastes, sewage and even the remains of human and animal corpses, making it unsafe for drinking as well as bathing. Read the full report here.

Source: Arvind Singh Bisht, TNN, Lucknow.