1,600 villages along Ganga to be cleaned: Bharti
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Uma Bharti on Saturday said that the Centre will implement a four-pronged programme in which as many as 1,600 villages along the Ganga stretch will be made filth-free by October. The second phase will be attained in four years after that, in which 6,000 villages will be taken up for the programme, Bharti added.