India, Jan. 20 -- Demarcation of Budhi Ganga's floodplain zone

A further progress project report on the Budhi Ganga has already been filed before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), stated the report by the Chief Engineer (Ganga), Irrigation and Water Resources Department, Uttar Pradesh on January 19, 2026.

The report stated that the director of the NIH, Roorkee, submitted the final floodplain delineation report of the Budhi Ganga to the Executive Engineer, Drainage Division-1, Meerut. It was clarified that the boundary coordinates are the same as earlier, except for minor corrections made in the maps. It was also informed that the project for demarcation of the floodplain zone in Muzaffarnagar, Meerut and Hapur districts has been prepar...