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Assam floods aftermath Part 3: Farmers find no respite in receding waters as layers of sand bury farmland
Syeda Ambia Zahan •The aftermath of the floods has not only forced farmers switching to a different crop but also absorb a substantial loss.
Uma Bharti says new Ganga cleansing law to be shared with states before going to Parliament
•Work on a new Ganga law to lay down guidelines for cleaning the holy river and implement the 'Namami Gange' programme is underway, the government told the Rajya Sabha.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living festival: Yamuna will take 10 years to recover at Rs 13.29 cr
•Rehabilitation of Yamuna floodplains, "destroyed" due to a cultural extravaganza organised by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living (AOL), will cost Rs 13.29 crore and take almost 10 years, an expert committee has told the National Green Tribunal.
World Water Day: Ganga river gets an Intach hope to free itself from being awash in trash
Rashmesehgal •The reality is that more than one billion gallons of raw sewage and industrial effluents enter the Ganges every day and it is now ranked one of the ten most polluted rivers in the world.
Uma Bharti says govt to come up with a model act to conserve ground, rain water
•The government will soon come out with a draft model law to conserve ground, surface and rain water and increase use of treated water for non-potable purposes, said Uma Bharti
AoL's statement on panel report 'very irresponsible', says NGT
•The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday termed as "very irresponsible" the public statements made by Ravi Shankar's Art of Living (AOL) after an expert panel gave its report on the Yamuna that the organisation's cultural extravaganza had "completely destroyed" the riverbed.
NGT seeks Centre's response over Polavaram dam: All you need to know about the project
Fp Staff •The National Green Tribunal has asked the counsel for the Environment ministry to submit a status report on the implementation of its stop work order at the Polavaram project.
PMO seeks law ministry's opinion on cow slaughter 'model bill'
Fp Archives •The PMO letter also mentions that in 2005 the Supreme Court had upheld the validity of a law enacted by the Gujarat government prohibiting cow slaughter.
Alternate ways for waste disposal key for cleaning Ganga: Netherlands
Fp Archives •Netherlands said that finding alternate ways for waste disposal was key for cleaning up river Ganga.