Namami Gange
Ganga, the auspicious river that is deeply embedded in our culture and mythology, has over 40 percent of India’s population dependent on it in one way or the other. Over the years, due to the rampant industrialization, lack of focus on cleanliness and general misuse, it has found itself growing increasingly polluted.
The dirtiness is apparent to all those who make their renowned yearly pilgrimage to Rishikesh or Haridwar yet nothing with any pronounced effect has been done.
As of 2015, when Shri Narendra Modi was elected, the first step he took was to start up a 5-year project costing an incredible 20,000 crore focusing on cleaning our Ganga and returning it to its almost sacredly clean state by the year 2020. The project is to be divided into three tiers, beginning from short to medium term and finally long term goals.
The goals range from cleaning the surface, building crematoriums near the ghats, building toilets to prevent open defecation, and spreading awareness in the short term.
The longer-term goals are focused on curbing the release of industrial wastes into the holy river, and rural and municipal sanitation.
This project will benefit at all levels, ranging from the obvious socioeconomic to a literal revitalizing of our nation at its core considering how the Ganges is called the national river of India.
The dirtiness is apparent to all those who make their renowned yearly pilgrimage to Rishikesh or Haridwar yet nothing with any pronounced effect has been done.
As of 2015, when Shri Narendra Modi was elected, the first step he took was to start up a 5-year project costing an incredible 20,000 crore focusing on cleaning our Ganga and returning it to its almost sacredly clean state by the year 2020. The project is to be divided into three tiers, beginning from short to medium term and finally long term goals.
The goals range from cleaning the surface, building crematoriums near the ghats, building toilets to prevent open defecation, and spreading awareness in the short term.
The longer-term goals are focused on curbing the release of industrial wastes into the holy river, and rural and municipal sanitation.
This project will benefit at all levels, ranging from the obvious socioeconomic to a literal revitalizing of our nation at its core considering how the Ganges is called the national river of India.
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