Namami Gange is an integrated conservation mission with eight pillars and an outlay of Rs 20,000 crore

Background

The Namami Gange Programme is an integrated conservation mission approved as a flagship programme by the Union Government with a budget outlay of Rs 20,000 crore.
Its twin objectives are the effective abatement of pollution and the conservation and rejuvenation of the National River Ganga.
The programme is executed by the National Mission for Clean Ganga under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, in the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
The eight main pillars of the programme are sewerage treatment infrastructure, river-front development, river-surface cleaning, bio-diversity, afforestation, public awareness, industrial effluent monitoring and Ganga Gram.
Implementation is divided into entry-level activities for immediate visible impact, medium-term activities to be implemented within five years, and long-term activities within ten years.
The forestry component for the Ganga is implemented by the State Forest Departments of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal, with financial support from the Mission.
Among its sewerage works, 200 sewerage infrastructure projects have been sanctioned at a total cost of Rs 31,810 crore, of which 116 have been completed and made operational.