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NMCG Approves Rs.150 cr Worth Projects Under Namami Gange Programme. The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) in its fifth executive committee meeting has approved projects worth Rs 150 crores related to sewage management in high pollution load town along the river ganga under the Namami Gange programme.
NMCG also gave its nod to a proposal to document the cultural heritage of River Ganga from Gaumukh to Gangasagar through INTACH covering archaeological heritage, intangible cultural heritage, and environmental heritage.
In Uttarakhand, I&D projects were approved for Rispana and Bindal Rivers in Dehradun at an estimated cost of Rs 60 crores. This project will tap 117 drains now carrying untreated wastewater. It is proposed to build an STP with one million liters per day (MLD) capacity to treat some of this wastewater.
The development of Ghats in Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur was approved at an estimated cost of Rs.27.41 crore under the Clean Ganga Fund. The project includes the renovation, extension, and widening of the Ghats as well as provision of amenities, landscaping and embankment construction.
The committee approved a 3.5 MLD capacity STP and its ancillary works, along with I&D of sewer lines in Sonepur in Bihar at an estimated cost of Rs.30.92 crore. The project includes cost of operations and maintenance for 15 years. The STP will treat all the five drains of the city.
The committee also approved the riverfront development project in Sonepur at an estimated cost of Rs.22.92 Crore. This includes the construction of a connecting promenade, embankment protection, provision of amenities as well as landscaping along the ghats. In addition, eight ghats are under construction under the Namami Gange programme at an estimated cost of 20 crores.
The Committee also gave go-ahead to the renovation of ghats and crematoria at Katwa, Kalna, Agradwip and Dainhat in West Bengal. These projects will be taken up under Clean Ganga Fund with combined cost Rs. 8.58 crores.
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