Nitin Gadkari On Ganga

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari downplayed Congress's star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's three-day boat ride in the river Ganga last week when she made several pit-stops and sought support for the party for the national election.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has claimed that during former prime minister late Rajiv Gandhi's tenure, Rs 5,000 crore was spent on cleaning the Yamuna which yielded no results, but after Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power, the government initiated projects to clean not only the river Ganga, but also the river Yamuna.

The Ganga will be "100 per cent clean" by March 2020, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said, and linked it to "good governance".

From ink to chilli powder, Arvind Kejriwal has been targeted in many ways through his tenure as the Delhi Chief Minister. But the most insidious attack probably came on Thursday, when he stepped forward to address the public at an official event in the national capital.

In a major milestone for India's push to develop its inland waterways, 16 containers have set sail from Kolkata for Varanasi on a vessel along the Ganga river, also called National Waterway-1. Calling it the "biggest news" in the country this week, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, said, "For the first time since independence, a container is ...

The government has said that almost all the demands made by Ganga activist G D Agarwal, who was on an indefinite hunger strike and died on Thursday, had been accepted.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Friday that he had written to President Ram Nath Kovind requesting him to donate his one-month salary to the Clean Ganga Fund (CGF), set up by the government to purge the river of pollutants.

Union Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the work for cleaning the Ganga is going on in full swing and it is hoped about 80 per cent of the river will be clear by March next year.

Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari today said there will be a lot of improvement in water quality of the Ganga by March 2019, though he remained non-committal on whether the river will be cleaned completely in the time frame.

Apparently upset over being stripped of the Ganga Rejuvenation portfolio, Uma Bharti on Tuesday said no one can separate her from the river Ganga and announced that she will begin a padyatra along the banks of the holy river from Gangasagar next month.

Maruti Suzuki is set to commence a pilot-run from August 12 under which its cars would be transported from Varanasi to Kolkata on National Waterway-I, Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari said today.

The Centre is working on a proposal to ply an amphibious aircraft on the Ganga between Varanasi and Kolkata and has a target of developing 111 waterways in the country.

Environmental scientists associated with the Ganga Rejuvenation Programme have claimed that the Union Government's proposal to build barrages, dams and enable navigation of small ships on the river is going to affect aquatic life and create more pollution.

On May 29, three days after he was sworn in as India's 15th Prime Minister, Narendra Modi took to the micro-blogging site, Twitter, to announce his resignation from the Vadodra Lok Sabha constituency. "I will represent Varanasi in Lok Sabha & I look forward to this wonderful opportunity to serve Ganga Maa & work for Varanasi's development," he twee...

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari downplayed Congress's star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's three-day boat ride in the river Ganga last week when she made several pit-stops and sought support for the party for the national election.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has claimed that during former prime minister late Rajiv Gandhi's tenure, Rs 5,000 crore was spent on cleaning the Yamuna which yielded no results, but after Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power, the government initiated projects to clean not only the river Ganga, but also the river Yamuna.

The Ganga will be "100 per cent clean" by March 2020, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said, and linked it to "good governance".

From ink to chilli powder, Arvind Kejriwal has been targeted in many ways through his tenure as the Delhi Chief Minister. But the most insidious attack probably came on Thursday, when he stepped forward to address the public at an official event in the national capital.

In a major milestone for India's push to develop its inland waterways, 16 containers have set sail from Kolkata for Varanasi on a vessel along the Ganga river, also called National Waterway-1. Calling it the "biggest news" in the country this week, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, said, "For the first time since independence, a container is ...

The government has said that almost all the demands made by Ganga activist G D Agarwal, who was on an indefinite hunger strike and died on Thursday, had been accepted.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Friday that he had written to President Ram Nath Kovind requesting him to donate his one-month salary to the Clean Ganga Fund (CGF), set up by the government to purge the river of pollutants.

Union Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the work for cleaning the Ganga is going on in full swing and it is hoped about 80 per cent of the river will be clear by March next year.

Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari today said there will be a lot of improvement in water quality of the Ganga by March 2019, though he remained non-committal on whether the river will be cleaned completely in the time frame.

Apparently upset over being stripped of the Ganga Rejuvenation portfolio, Uma Bharti on Tuesday said no one can separate her from the river Ganga and announced that she will begin a padyatra along the banks of the holy river from Gangasagar next month.

Maruti Suzuki is set to commence a pilot-run from August 12 under which its cars would be transported from Varanasi to Kolkata on National Waterway-I, Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari said today.

The Centre is working on a proposal to ply an amphibious aircraft on the Ganga between Varanasi and Kolkata and has a target of developing 111 waterways in the country.

Environmental scientists associated with the Ganga Rejuvenation Programme have claimed that the Union Government's proposal to build barrages, dams and enable navigation of small ships on the river is going to affect aquatic life and create more pollution.

On May 29, three days after he was sworn in as India's 15th Prime Minister, Narendra Modi took to the micro-blogging site, Twitter, to announce his resignation from the Vadodra Lok Sabha constituency. "I will represent Varanasi in Lok Sabha & I look forward to this wonderful opportunity to serve Ganga Maa & work for Varanasi's development," he twee...