New Delhi: The Modi Government will commence execution of its ambitious ‘Namami Gange’ programme tomorrow with the launch of 300 projects including those of STP installations aiming to clean the holy river and ensuring its unfettered flow.
The projects on entry-level activities such as ghat and crematoria construction/repair, river front beautification, installation and repair of sewage treatment plants (STPs) andothers work will be launched simultaneously from over 104 locations initially in all five basin states of Ganga. Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Uma Bharti, Narendra Tomar and Mahesh Sharma will launch the works in Haridwar during an event, which will also be attended by Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat.
“It is a historic moment… for the first time the river is being cleaned with wholesomeness. We will show phase I of Ganga cleaning in October 2016, while the second phase will be completed two years later,” Bharti told reporters here. She said tomorrow the government will also launch an application to monitor level of pollution in the river. Gadkari and newly-appointed Ministers of State for Water Resources, Vijay Goel and Sanjeev Balyan, were also present during the briefing.
