After the Uttarakhand High Court’s landmark ruling on 20 March, which made the Ganga and the Yamuna living entities, polluting the rivers is comparable to hurting a living person. Three officers as legal guardians will be assigned for the purpose of their conservation. The Ganga management board will further take things into their own hands to clean up the rivers and check further pollution.
Watch: India's holy rivers Ganga and Yamuna, now living entities, to be cleaned soon
Watch: India's holy rivers Ganga and Yamuna, now living entities, to be cleaned soon
FP Staff
• March 27, 2017, 21:53:40 IST
After the Uttarakhand High Court’s landmark ruling on 20 March, which made the Ganga and the Yamuna living entities, polluting the rivers is comparable to hurting a living person.
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