New initiatives to reduce pollution in the Ganga river
To reduce the pollution in the Ganges River, the Namami Gange Executive Committee recently approved nine projects to be implemented at a cost of Rs 1,200 crores. Of these, seven projects are related to reducing pollution and two of the projects will work on Ghat development. The National Mission for Clean Ganga will implement the project. Three million liters of sewage are dumped into the holy Ganges every day and it is the fifth most polluted river in the world.