The government today said, 41 projects related to Namami Gange Programme have been completed so far. <br/><br/>These projects are related to various activities including sewage insfrastructure, river front development, ghat cleaning, surface cleaning and afforestation and bio-diversity conservation. <br/><br/>In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Water Resources Sanjeev Balyan said, a total 173 projects have been sanctioned under the Namai Gange Programme with a holistic approach for cleaning of river. <br/><br/>He said, factors like non- existence of sewerage network in cities and towns of ganga basin , unplanned urbanisation , poor management of domestic waste water has led to significant quantity of untreated waste water being discharged into the river. <br/><br/>Mr Balyan said, sever initiatives have been taken to implement projects under the Namami Gange Programme.

The government today said, 41 projects related to Namami Gange Programme have been completed so far. <br/><br/>These projects are related to various activities including sewage insfrastructure, river front development, ghat cleaning, surface cleaning and afforestation and bio-diversity conservation. <br/><br/>In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Water Resources Sanjeev Balyan said, a total 173 projects have been sanctioned under the Namai Gange Programme with a holistic approach for cleaning of river. <br/><br/>He said, factors like non- existence of sewerage network in cities and towns of ganga basin , unplanned urbanisation , poor management of domestic waste water has led to significant quantity of untreated waste water being discharged into the river. <br/><br/>Mr Balyan said, sever initiatives have been taken to implement projects under the Namami Gange Programme.