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Pollution in the Ganges. The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is the implementation wing of the National Ganga Council, which was established in October 2016 under the River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection, and Management) Authorities Order 2016. This order dissolved the National Ganga River Basin Authority.
Arsenic contamination of groundwater is a form of groundwater pollution which is often due to naturally occurring high concentrations of arsenic in deeper levels of groundwater. It is a high-profile problem due to the use of deep tube wells for water supply in the Ganges Delta, causing serious arsenic poisoning to large numbers of people. A ...
The first meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority was held on 5 October 2009. [3] In the 2010 Union budget of India, the allocation for National Ganga River Basin Authority doubled to ₹ 500 crore (5,000,000,000.00).
Main article: Pollution of the Ganges: Ghadir River: Southern Beirut region, Lebanon [41] About 120,000 inhabitants in the Hayy El-Sellom neighborhood. [42] The most polluted river in Lebanon, described in 2017 by Lebanese minister of public works Youssef Fenianos as no longer normal water, but sewage water. [43] Industrial zones by the river. [43]
generate primary ecological data required by NGBRA for short and long-term planning of sustainable development of the Ganges River basin; investigate the hydrology and pollution problems along the river basin; study social, cultural and religious dimensions and develop eco-friendly technologies for sustainable development; act as the knowledge ...
The nation’s rivers and streams remain stubbornly polluted with nutrients that contaminate drinking water and fuel a gigantic dead zone for aquatic life in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a ...
Namami Gange Programme is an Integrated Conservation Mission, approved as a Flagship Programme by the Union Government of India in June 2014 with a budget outlay of ₹22,500 crore from 2023–26 to accomplish the twin objectives of effective abatement of pollution, conservation and rejuvenation of National River Ganga. [1]
A legal team suing the troubled New-Indy paper mill in South Carolina says it has uncovered evidence that dioxin, a cancer-causing material, is seeping into the Catawba River from the more than 60 ...