Government launches 231 'Clean Ganga' projects
Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Thursday launched 231 projects under the 'Namami Gange' programme which is aimed at cleaning the river. The projects were launched at various locations across seven states– Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Delhi, and Haryana. The government had sanctioned around ₹20,000 crore over five years for the initiative in the 2014-15 budget.