Six mega projects amounting to Rs 521 crores under the Namami Gange Mission in Uttarakhand were inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday.Several sewage treatment plants were inaugurated and upgraded today in Haridwar, Rishikesh, among other regions.
The Prime Minister also inaugurated the Ganga Museum at Chandi Ghat in Haridwar today to highlight the activities of river rejuvenation and its biodiversity.
The event was also attended, among others, by Governor Baby Rani Maurya, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, Union Ministers Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and MoS Ratanlal Kataria.
The inauguration of the 68 MLD Jagjeetpur Project also marked the completion of the first hybrid annuity mode PPP sewerage project. At Lakkadghat in Rishikesh, a 26 MLD STP was also inaugurated. "In the past decades, huge initiatives were taken up to clean river Ganga but those initiatives had neither public participation nor farsightedness. As a result, the water of Ganga was never cleaned" modi said.
"Ganga brings prosperity to almost half of the country's population. Therefore, non-stop flow and clean water in the river is very much needed. If the old steps were repeated then the condition would have stayed the same. But we went ahead with 'nayi soch, naya approach'. We did not restrict it to just cleaning up Ganga, but made it the country's largest river conservation project"
The prime minister said that 100 major cities and 5,000 villages along the Ganga were made free of open defecation and the holy river's tributaries are also being cleaned up with full force.
The Prime Minister said that projects worth Rs 30,000 crores are currently completed or are underway under the Namami Gange Task.With the government's efforts, the coming "Kumbh Mela" at Haridwar participating individuals will be able to experience a cleaner Ganga.
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