During his speech, Shekhawat called the 'Namami Gange Mission' as one of the most ambitious river conservation in the world and acclaimed it as one of the schemes undertaken for the preservation of
Ganges River and its tributaries.
The
Ganges River has six headstreams, namely the Alaknanda, Dhauliganga, Nandakini, Pindar, Mandakini, and Bhagirathi.
NEW DELHI: The newest star in India's Nehru-Gandhi dynasty wrapped up a pre-election boat tour along the
Ganges river on Wednesday, disembarking in Narendra Modi's home constituency to attack the prime minister's record.Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, sister of Rahul Gandhi who wants to unseat Modi in elections starting on April 11,announcedher long-awaited entry into politics in January, bolstering the hopes of the opposition Congress party, which has been dominated by her family for generations.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra gestures to supporters at the start of a boat trip to Varanasi along the
Ganges river as part of election campaign, in Manaiya village, near Prayagraj (Allahabad), yesterday.
Indian political leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (C), Congress' general secretary for eastern Uttar Pradesh, meets supporter in Sirsa on March 18, 2019, during her boat trip from Allahabad to Varanasi along the
Ganges river as part of her election campaign.
This unique side swimming behaviour is not consistently seen in any other dolphin, except the
Ganges River dolphin.
The Sundarbans is a home to the Asia's last two remaining freshwater dolphin species - the endangered
Ganges River Dolphin and Irrawaddy Dolphin.
"We developed our technology to find a solution for hard-to-recycle plastics, and it's incredible to be able to convert these microplastics from the ocean into a clean fuel." The firm is rolling out its Renewlogy Oceans initiative in major rivers across the world, starting with the
Ganges River in India next year.
The
Ganges river shark (Glyphis gangeticus) is on the endangered species list and has not appeared in over a decade.
Topics covered include rivers and coasts, river structure, river erosion, river formations, focus on the
Ganges River, the Colorado River, the UK Coast, the Twelve Apostles, the Three Gorges Dam, and Venice, plus chapters on types of coasts, changing coasts, arches and stacks, people and water, and flooding.
Key agricultural areas in the Indus and
Ganges river basins will be particularly affected, reducing crop yields and increasing hunger in some of the world's most densely populated regions.
Ganges River - an Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of the Hindus