Namami Gange Yojana

The government launched an integrated Ganga Conservation Mission called ‘Namami Gange’ to end pollution of the river Ganga and revive the river. It may be declared a national river, but it flows at the will of the states. The Union Cabinet approved the proposed action plan of the Center to quadruple the budget for river cleaning but to spend Rs. 20,000 crores on river cleaning by 2019-2020 and it has been proposed as a central plan with 100% central share. 231 schemes of Namami Gange project starting from Gangotri, renovation of old ghats at Haridwar, Kanpur, Allahabad, Banaras, Ghazipur, Ballia, Bihar and 6 places in Bengal, new ghats, changing rooms, toilets, seating area, sewage Treatment plant, oxidation plant bioremediation process, water treatment will be done. The village drains are also included in this. Also, what will be the effect of the ponds on the linkage of Ganga.