PM to review rejuvenation, protection and management progress of Ganga

Prime
Minister Narendra Modi to Chair the first meeting of National Council for
Rejuvenation, Protection and Management of Ganga River in Kanpur on Saturday.
He will review progress of work done and deliberate on aspects of cleaning the
Ganga.

Preparations are at it’s full hype as the city of Kanpur is taking a historic initiative to make Ganga clean and pollution-free.

The first
meeting of the National Council for Ganga will be held in Kanpur under the
chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday.

After the
review meeting, it will be decided what needs to be done to further improve the
situation of Ganga. As many as 10 union ministers and chief ministers of five
states will participate in the meeting to review Ganga cleanliness work
executed over the last five years.

Prime
Minister Modi will also visit an exhibition at Chandra Shekhar Azad University.
Meanwhile, preparations at Atal Ghat at the Kanpur barrage are in place.

The Prime
Minister will commute by boat from Atal Ghat to Sisamau Nala. More than 14
crore liters of sewage water used to fall into the Ganges in this 128 year old
drain but now it has been completely closed.

Strong
security arrangements have been made in the city in view of PM’s visit to
Kanpur. Namami Gange Programme’, is an Integrated Conservation Mission,
approved in June 2014 with budget outlay of Rs. 20,000 Crore to accomplish the objectives
of effective pollution control and conservation and rejuvenation of River
Ganga.