The first meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has asked Union Environment and Forest, and Power ministries to jointly study the issue of hydro electric projects in the upper reaches of Bhagirathi and submit the report to the authority by 60 days.
There are three power projects are proposed by the Uttarakhand Government [...]
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Forest and Power ministries to study Bhagirathi power projects
October 6th, 2009 |
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PM to chair Ganga River Basin Authority meet today
October 5th, 2009 |
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Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will chair the first meeting of the Ganga River Basin Authority (GRBA) here today.
Chief Ministers of States through which the Ganga flows such as Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh will hold a discussion on ways to clean up the river.
The issue of roping in international financial institutions to fund the cleaning [...]