CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nagpur added a feather in its cap by conducting the largest and first ever GIS-based mapping of Microbial Diversity of river Ganga recently. An enthusiastic team with the partnership of four other institutes including Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT), Allahabad; Charotar University of Science and Technology, Changa; PhiXgen Pvt Ltd, Haryana; and Xcelris Labs Ltd, Ahmedabad have taken on the mammoth task of mapping of the entire stretch of the holy river. The project was funded by National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG). Read More at The Hitavada