India and the World Bank yesterday signed three agreements in New Delhi for cleaning the Ganga River, besides stregthening Rural Livelihoods and Biodiversity Conservation in the country. The World Bank will provide one billion US Dollars for the River cleaning project, while a credit worth approximately 24 million dollars will be given for the other two projects. Speaking on the occassion, Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh said that the objective of Ganga project is to stop the flow of untreated municipal sewage and industrial effluent into the River by 2020.