To give a major boost to Namami Gange Programme, 231 projects will be inaugurated tomorrow at various locations in Uttrakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Haryana and Delhi. Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti made this anouncement at a press conference in New Delhi today. <br/><br/>She said, these projects involve modernization and redevelopment of Ghats and crematoriums, development of sewage infrastructure and treatment, afforestation, tree plantation, pilot drain project, interceptor drain project, trash skimmers and conservation of biodiversity. <br/><br/>Ms Bharti said, 47 such projects will be inaugurated at various locations in Dehradun, Garhwal, Tehri garhwal, Rudraprayag, Haridwar and Chamoli districts of Uttrakhand. <br/><br/>The main function will be held at Haridwar which will be attended by Uttrakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat and Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Choudhary Birender Singh, Mahesh Sharma and Uma Bharti. <br/><br/>Referring to Ganga Gram Yojana, Ms Bharti said, 400 villages along the river will be developed as Ganga Gram in phase-I. Thirteen IITs have adopted five villages each for development as Ganga Grams. She said, training for 328 sarpanchs was completed at Sichawal in Punjab.