June 9, 2019 2:01 PM

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Pune eager to see pollution free Mula and Mutha rivers: Javadekar

<span style="color: #222222;">Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Environment, Forest & Climate Change Mr. Prakash Javadekar has said that people from Pune are eager to see pollution free Mula and Mutha rivers and Modi Government has decided to fulfil their dream. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He was speaking to media before the review meeting on pollution Abatement of Mula – Mutha River in Pune today. He assured that Union Government will repay loan expected from foreign agency for this purpose. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Mula and Mutha rivers are the integral part of the history and culture of Pune city. Both the rivers are now identified by the Central Pollution Control Board among 300-plus polluted rivers in the country.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">For the Pollution Abatement of Rivers Mula-Mutha, Central Government has signed a loan agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) under the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) in the year 2015. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The total cost of the project is  990 crore rupees. This will be shared in the ratio of 85:15 between Central Government and the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) respectively.</span><br />''  

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