Cauvery should be shared between Tamil
activities to be undertaken by Ministry
Nadu, Karnataka and the states of Kerala
of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare as
and Puducherry. All four states have
part of Namami Gange
challenged the share assigned to them.
The achievement / progress of the
Non-Point pollution controll in
implementation of this MoU shall be
Namami Gange
monitored by a steering committee
The Ministry of Water Resources and
the Agricultural Ministry have signed an
MOU for the speedy implementation of
the Namami Gange performance.
of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
will develop organic farming in the
villages along Ganga with each Gram
Panchayat representing a single cluster,
organic
farming
through
awareness programmes, self help groups,
mobile apps etc. The Ministry will also
create awareness about balanced use of
chemicals, fertilizers and pesticides,
promote micro irrigation for water
conservation in Ganga Basin and will
encourage livelihood opportunities and
natural
farming,
based
on
each Ministry. The committee will meet
on periodic basis, once in three months
or whenever necessary to review the
As per the terms of MoU the Ministry
promote
consisting of the Nodal officers from
animal
husbandry, along Ganga. The Ministry
of Water Resources, River Development
and Ganga Rejuvenation shall ensure
necessary coordination, and support
from the state governments and state
performance of this MoU and the agreed
list of activities. The MOU will remain
in effect for a period of three years.
Smallest inhabited river island of
Brahmaputra
Not very far from Guwahati city, but not
too close either, perched on the gigantic
Brahmaputra river is the island of
Umananda. It is the smallest inhabited
river island in the world.
The island
stands proudly in the middle of the river
Brahmaputra. Most people come to the
island to visit famous Shiva temple,
which is considered as one of the five
principal pilgrim centres of Kamrup.
The temple was built by Ahom King
Gadadhar Singh in 1694 A.D., but
suffered massive devastation in 1897
earthquake. One of the most endangered
level implementing agencies for various
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