Minister for Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Shipping, Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari, carried out an extensive and in depth review of each ongoing project under the Namami Gange Program in the states of Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Bihar, and West Bengal.The undergoing projects of Uttar Pradesh will also be reviewed shortly.
The minister directed all stakeholders to expedite the execution of the projects and take proactive steps to resolve bottlenecks wherever they exist. On conclusion of the review he said, “I am happy to see that work is being carried out on a war footing and the Namami Gange Program is going to be very successful. We have also issued the notification for Aviral Ganga, to ensure uninterrupted flow of water in the river. We are constructing STPs and connecting house drainage to sewer lines. Once the projects are completed we will see remarkable change in water quality. The construction of Ghats and Crematoria are also going on and we will complete them by March 2019.”
He further added, “Some projects have been completed, some are under progress and tenders for some projects have been issued. I am hopeful that we will complete 70-80 per cent work in the Namami Gange Program by March 2019.”
National Mission for Clean Ganga has sanctioned over 288 projects on Ganga in the states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh,Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. The projects include sewage treatment infrastructure, development of ghats and crematoria, afforestation, river surface cleaning and river front development. Projects have also been sanctioned for some tributaries of Ganga in Haryana, Delhi, UP and Bihar.
