Uma Bharti launches Namami Gange Projects worth Rs. 250 crore in Uttrakhand

TIL Desk/National/Haridwar-Holding that “wrong planning” led to the pollution in Ganga, Union minister Uma Bharti on Thursday launched 43 projects worth Rs. 250 crore under Namami Gange programme in Uttarakhand, saying that the Modi government is taking corrective steps to cleanse the river.

“The Ganga has not been polluted because of untreated water as much as because of wrong planning. Projects being launched under Namami Gange are corrective steps to atone for what has been done over the years to dirty the river,” she said in Haridwar.

The Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation said that the ambitous scheme of the Centre will not only cleanse the river and maintain its flow, but will also ensure that the Rs. 4,000 crore spent on the river under Ganga Action Plan in 29 years since 1985 (till 2014) do not go waste.