The Government has chalked out target oriented short term work plan to boost ongoing work under ambitious Namme Gange scheme. An official release said, the initiatives to be launched in January next year is to be completed by March. <br/><br/>The activities include repair, modernization and provision of public amenities at ghats, cleaning of the river surface, treatment of directly discharging drains in villages along Ganga and its tributaries. <br/><br/>Renovation and construction of crematoria on the ghats of river are also part of work plan. Improvised wood based cremation platforms, advanced trash skimming machines for removal of floating solid wastes, bio-toilets and bio remediation based sewage treatment in rural areas will be deployed. <br/><br/>Under plan, pollution resulting from discharge of sewage into the river from open drains in rural areas will also be addressed. These activities will not only be undertaken along Ganga, but the cities and towns on major tributaries namely Yamuna, Ramganga and Kali will also be included. <br/><br/>The Water Resources Ministry and Ganga Rejuvenation has divided the length of Ganga in five stretches for effective implementation of the project. The work will be executed by Central Public Sector Undertakings on Public Private Partnership mode.