The Gangetic wetlands are the largest riverine wetland system in India, unfortunately, despite their multiple benefits, they are under tremendous stress. Budget 2023's Amrit Dharohar scheme encourages locals to remain stakeholders in conserving wetlands.
Through this move, the government aims to tackle the problem of acute water crisis in the region, especially in places like Mussoorie, Nainital, Shimla and Gangtok.
'PM Modi will hold a Ganga Council meeting there with union ministers, chief ministers of UP, Uttarakhand and Bihar and secretaries of various central departments,' a senior district official said.
The Minister said the initiatives include 100 per cent funding under central sector scheme and dedicated allocation to ensure adequate finances to take up comprehensive interventions.
Gadkari, who was here for the foundation laying and inauguration of a slew of national highway projects worth nearly Rs 5,555 crore, was addressing a gathering at Chandi Ghat here.
The Green Tribunal allocated six weeks to the Yogi Adityanath government to relocate tanneries from Jajmau to Unnao or any other appropriate place.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18’s Latha Venkatesh, Sonia Shenoy and Anuj Singhal, Prakash Diwan, Market Expert at Altamount Capital Management shared his reading and outlook on the market and also gave recommendations on various stocks.
"Any development can be done only once you address the problems of getting the river clean from all the sewage and the unwanted material that is going into the river", S Ramnath, CFO of ITD Cementation told CNBC-TV18.
Sensex opened above 500 points, trading above 29,400 and Nifty hit a record high. Nilesh Shah of Envision Capital said that it is good that we don’t have a runaway rally and good if market consolidates around these levels.
Engineers India's bet on the international sector is paying off, with about Rs 100 crore revenue accruing from there and margins coming back up to 20 percent.
SPML Infra on Thursdatsaid its joint venture (JV) with Tata Projects has secured three new orders for design and construction of sewerage systems with provision of treated wastewater reuse from the Rajasthan government.
Experts say that projects like Mumbai Metro and Namami Gange are just the launch pad needed to drive up infrastructure and cement stocks.
Rajesh Tripathi, Chairman, Dredging Corporation estimates the total size of the entire Namami Gange project will be about Rs 50-60,000 crore spread across four-five years. "About 10 percent of that or Rs 5000 crore would involve dredging," he said.
The Water Resources minister alleged that the UP CM was not granting time to officers of her department to give a presentation on the project for granting of NOC.
The Union Cabinet approved a proposal for taking up hybrid annuity-based public private partnership (PPP) model under Namami Gange Programme to reform the wastewater sector in India.
In an interview with CNBC-TV18‘s Ekta Batra and Mangalam Maloo, Rajiv Mittal, MD and Group CEO, VA Tech Wabag, discussed the company‘s fourth quarter results.