Government is working to bring a law having stringent provisions against the river polluters. Replying to supplementaries in the Rajya Sabha during Question Hour today, Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said the government is proposing to bring the law in consultation with states to act against polluting industries. <br/><br/>She said, industrial and sewage waste discharged into river Ganga is the primary source of its pollution and not the religious materials. The Minister said, as many as 764 units are carrying out industrial activities in the vicinity of the river and they have been asked to adopt zero liquid discharge norms. <br/><br/>She reiterated government's commitment to clean the Ganga during its tenure and added that 20 thousand crore rupees have been allocated for the project. <br/>The Minister said the government has decided to implement waste management in the cities along the river to prevent city drains from discharging into the Ganga. <br/><br/>She also informed the House that the ongoing Namami Gange programme is fully funded by the government and it has not received any foreign funds. However, earlier the Ganga cleaning scheme had received assistance from World Bank and Japan International Co-operation Agency. Several countries have also offered technical assistance.