Namami Gange
''Namami Gange'' is an integrated conservation mission under National Ganga
River basin authority, the ministry of water resources and river development.The
Union government is pumping in an unprecedentedly huge amount to clean up the
country’s holiest of rivers that emerges from the icy Gomukh almost bordering
China and empties into the Sunderbans delta that spills over to Bangladesh.
The Ganga, which is ironically also the world’s fifth most polluted river, now
floats on hopes of regaining by year 2020 its grandeur and sanctity . But there
is much more to it than spirituality or even religiousness. ‘Namami Gange’ seeks
to clear the river of all the dirt and row in a string of projects to sustain
its efficacy.The three-tier mechanism will monitor the projects, with a high
level task force chaired by the cabinet secretary.The Rs 20,000-crore outlay,
which the Cabinet cleared at a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister three
months ago, is in addition to Rs 2,307 crore the government sanctioned in July
last year at the launch of the endeavour.
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