Posts Tagged ‘Ganga’

Weekly environmental news roundup from across different media networks for week 11 (starting March 11, 2013) 2013. Full story

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The Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) invites applications for various posts for setting up the Project Preparation & Management Unit (PPMU) for the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA). The Ministry has already received Project Preparation Facility (PPF) from the World Bank in this regard for supporting preparation for the NGRBA. Suitable candidates for the below mentioned designations will be selected for a period of five years, with a probation period of two years. All positions are based in New Delhi and higher salary will be considered for deserving candidates. Based on the response, suitable candidates will be shortlisted and called for an interview. The positions advertised for are as below: 1. Project Officer (Waste and Waste Water Management) Educational Qualification: Degree in Civil/ Environmental Engineering, Master's Degree preferable Experience & Qualities: 12 years (if Bachelor's) and 10 years (if Masters) experience in development and management of waste water infrastructure at progressively senior levels. Salary (per month): Rs. 75,000/- Consolidated 2. Project Officer (Solid Waste Management) Educational Qualifications: Degree in Civil/ Environmental Engineering, Master's Degree preferable. Experience & Qualities: 12 years (if Bachelor's) and 10 years (if Masters) experience in development and management of solid waste management infrastructure at progressively senior levels. Salary (per month): Rs. 75,000/- Consolidated 3. Communications Coordinator Educational Qualification: Essential-Post Graduate in Public Relations/ Political Science. Desirable-Diploma Course in Mass Communication. Experience & Qualities: 15 years of relevant experience in planning & executing National Communications, out of which 5 years in implementation of similar projects. Salary (per month): Rs. 1,00,000/- Consolidated Full story

If there is any body which is consistently working hard for the biodiversity in this International Year of Biodiversity, amazingly, it is but the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF).  And quite appropriately so! The MoEF has now notified the Ganges River Dolphin as the National Aquatic Animal of India. Recognized as ‘highly ... Full story

It took a radical fast-unto-death decision by a Professor, playing the religion-political card and much activism, that the Government of India has now accepted the fact - otherwise as crystal clear as should have been the water of the Ganges - that the holiest of holy River Ganga is polluted, the Ganga Action Plan has failed and that constructing dams upstream of the river is only making matters worse. Earlier this year, pained by the unrelenting destruction of the Ganga river, Dr G. D. Agrawal, India’s pre-eminent scientist and a legendary Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at IIT-Kanpur went on a fast-unto-death to oppose the river’s continuing desecration. His campaign was taken up by leader of the opposition party who called for stopping all dam constructions upstream of the river and the Government of India (GoI) was quick to commit itself to ensuring perennial environmental flows throughout the river while also informing Dr. Agarwal the same. Now, the GoI has gone a step ahead and declared Ganga a National River. Full story