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Uttarakhand: Birahi Ganga bridge endangers people's lives
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], July 24 (ANI): A damaged bridge on the Birahi Ganga river at Dasholi block in Chamoli district poses a danger to those who cross it during the rains.
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Devotees celebrate Somvati Amavasya in Prayagaraj
Updated : 2 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 20 (ANI): Devotees celebrated Somvati Amavasya on the third Monday of the Hindu Sawan month in Prayagraj on the banks of the Ganga river.
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COVID-19: Uttarakhand CM asks people to avoid bathing in Ganga on
Updated : 2 weeks, 3 days ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 18 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has appealed to the people to avoid bathing in the Ganga River on July 20 on the occasion of Somvati Amavasya, in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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HCC-DBL JV wins Rs 1,900 crore NHAI contract
Updated : 2 weeks, 4 days ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 17 (ANI): Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) in a joint venture with Dilip Buildcon Ltd (DBL) has been awarded a Rs 1,900 crore contract by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for design and construction of a 22 km road to link Jharkhand and Bi
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Haryana govt to facilitate bringing Ganga water from Haridwar on M
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Chandigarh [India], July 8 (ANI): Haryana government has decided to facilitate bringing holy water of Ganga river from Haridwar to the state on Maha Shivratri during the Shravan month this year as the governments of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh have conveyed their inability to make arrangem
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World Bank sanctions $400 million to enhance Namami Gange Programm
Updated : 4 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): The World Bank and the Government of India on Tuesday signed a loan agreement to enhance support for the Namami Gange Programme that seeks to rejuvenate the Ganga river.
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World Bank steps up support for Namami Gange Programme
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): The World Bank has approved funds worth USD 600 million for the development of infrastructure projects along the river Ganga under the National Ganga River Basin Project.
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Sushant Singh Rajput's father and sisters immerse ashes following
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 18 (ANI): Actor Sushant Singh Rajput's family immersed his ashes in the Ganga river on Thursday.
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Varanasi boatmen face financial hardships
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India] June 8 (ANI): Boatmen on the bank of river Ganga say they are facing financial hardships even as relaxations are extended during unlock 1.
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Gangaquest-2020 online quiz crosses a million mark, receives unpre
Updated : 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): While the country has been struggling to battle COVID-19, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has been busy for more than a month in raising another awakening among people especially among children about Ganga, Rivers and Environment-- Gangaquest-2020
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Despite scorching heat, Ganga ghat falls silent in Varanasi due to
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 27 (ANI): Like the rest of the northern part of the country, people in Varanasi are also reeling under the scorching heat. But, because of the lockdown, locals are not even allowed to take a bath in the Ganga river to beat the heat.
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Woman throws her five children into Ganga River in UP's Bhadohi
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Bhadohi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 12 (ANI): A woman allegedly threw her five children into the Ganges after an argument with her husband in Bhadohi here. The body of an 11-year-old girl has been recovered from the river so far, police said.
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