National Mission for Clean Ganga in collaboration with IIT,Kanpur today announced the formal launch of Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies, CGRBMS in New Delhi. <br/><br/>The Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation signed a 10 year Memorandum of Agreement with IIT, Kanpur for provision of continual scientific support in the implementation and dynamic evolution of the Ganga River Basin Management Plan. <br/><br/>Delivering a keynote address on the occasion, Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said, Government is trying to make a framework where opinions from all the people across the globe who are interested in the rivers should be invited. <br/><br/>She said, her Ministry is focusing on cleaning the Ganga by setting up Effluent Treatment Plants and Sewage Treatment Plants. Ms Bharti said, issues can be solved by procuring the technologies around the world, but the most important thing is to ensure continuous flow in the rivers. She said, efforts needs to be done by each and every one which includes government authorities, academicians, researchers etc. <br/><br/>Speaking on the occasion, Water Resources Secretary Shashi Shekhar said that government has decided to implement Sewage Treatment Plants using a specific Public Private Partnership framework called hybrid annuity model.<br/><br/>He said, the government shall be technology agnostic and neutral but it doesn't have the capacity to evaluate the technologies. He said, the Centre for Ganga River Basin Management must take this up as one of its task. <br/><br/>In his address, IIT Kanpur Proffesor Dr. Vinod Tare said, the Centre will act as a think-tank to the government as well as knowledge hub to coordinate all activities within the Ganga river basin and these activities will include science, technology, research, innovation, social, economics, finance and investment related aspects. He said that centre will collaborate with many national and international bodies. <br/><br/>Prof.Tare said the Ganga River Basin Management Plan 2015 by IIT Consortiums has provided strategic action plans, some policy interventions and management action along with financial implications. He said, these plans shall be further detailed by the centre with financial, social, economical and environment implications.