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- Title
New Ganges plan raises concerns.
- Authors
Sharma, Dinesh C.
- Abstract
The article offers information on the ecological degradation of India's Ganges River and its cleanup project initiated by India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Topics discussed include disappointment in environmentalists and scientists with the government's Ganges clean-up project, promoting the Ganges as a major tourist destination by the Ministry of Tourism and dredging the river at several locations to facilitate commercial ship navigation by the Ministry of Shipping.
- Subjects
GANGES River (India &; Bangladesh); INDIA; MODI, Narendra, 1950-; MARITIME shipping; RIVER conservation; INDIA. Ministry of Tourism; RIVER ecology
- Publication
Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment, 2014, Vol 12, Issue 6, p318
- ISSN
1540-9295
- Publication type
Article