Namami Gange Programme

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 22, Jun 2021

Context: Corpses did not add to Ganga pollution

• Namami Gange Programme’, is an Integrated Conservation Mission, approved as ‘Flagship Programme’ by the Union Government in June 2014 with budget outlay of Rs.20,000 Crore
• Purpose: To accomplish the twin objectives of effective abatement of pollution, conservation and rejuvenation of National River Ganga.
• The program is being implemented by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), and its state counterpart organizations i.e., State Program ManagementGroups (SPMGs).

The main pillars of the programme are:

• Sewerage Treatment Infrastructure & Industrial Effluent Monitoring,
• River-Front Development
• River-Surface Cleaning
• Bio-Diversity
• Afforestation,
• Public Awareness
• Industrial Effluent Monitoring
• Ganga Gram

National Mission for Clean Ganga(NMCG) 

• NMCG was registered as a society on 12th August 2011 under the Societies Registration Act 1860
• It acted as the implementation arm of National Ganga River Basin Authority(NGRBA) which was constituted under the provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act (EPA),1986.
• NGRBA has since been dissolved with effect from the 7th October 2016, consequent to constitution of National Council for Rejuvenation, Protection and Management of River Ganga (referred as National Ganga Council)