PM Modi conducts first meeting of National Council for Ganga

Prime
Minister Narendra Modi has reached Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. PM Modi chaired the
first meeting of National Ganga Council at Chandra Shekhar Azad University of
Agriculture and Technology.

The meeting
was aimed at reviewing the progress of the Namami Gange project. Namami Gange
Programme’ is an Integrated Conservation Mission, approved in June 2014 with
budget outlay of Rs. 20,000 crore to accomplish the twin objectives of
effective pollution control and conservation and rejuvenation of River Ganga.

Apart from
holding the meeting, PM Modi will visit Atal Ghat, where he will take the
steamer for the journey through the river. Earlier, after his arrival in
Kanpur, Prime Minister headed to Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture
& Technology and paid floral tribute to the great Indian freedom fighter
Chandrashekhar Azad.

After that,
Prime Minister also took a tour of an exhibition at the university. The
exhibition displayed various aspects of Namami Gange project. Under Namami
Gange programme, 63 sewerage management projects are under implementation in
Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. While, 12 new
sewerage management projects have also been launched in these states.

Besides, 28
river-front development projects and 33 entry level projects for construction,
modernization and renovation of 182 Ghats and 118 crematoria, have also been
initiated.