PM Modi inaugurates 6 mega projects in Uttarakhand, says all-round work of govt making Ganga clean

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated six mega initiatives in Uttarakhand beneath the Namami Gange Mission. He additionally launched the emblem of Jal Jeevan Mission, by way of video conferencing.

The initiatives embrace development of a 68 MLD sewage remedy plant (STP), up-gradation of the present 27 MLD plant at Jagjeetpur in Haridwar and development of an 18 MLD STP at Sarai in Haridwar. The inauguration of 68 MLD Jagjeetpur mission additionally marks the completion of the primary sewerage mission taken up on hybrid annuity mode of public-private partnership (PPP) mode.

“In the past decades, huge initiatives were taken up to clean river Ganga but those initiatives had neither public participation nor farsightedness. As a result, water of river Ganga was never cleaned,” PM Modi mentioned.

PM Modi mentioned in Prayagraj Kumbh, the serenity of Ganga was skilled by devotees from all around the world and now throughout Haridwar Kumbh, the entire world goes to expertise the showering of the pure Ganga.

“Today, we are all seeing the results of this all-round work of the government. Today, work on projects worth 30 thousand crores under Namami Gange project is going on or has been completed. The government moved forward in four directions simultaneously. First, started laying a trap of sewage treatment plants to prevent the dirty water falling into the Ganges. Second, building sewage treatment plants that can meet the needs of the next 10-15 years. Third, working towards making 100 big cities and 5,000 villages situated on the banks of river Ganga open defecation free. Fourth, to put pollution in the river Ganga and its tributaries,” he mentioned.

The PM mentioned had the previous strategies been adopted, the state of affairs would have been equally unhealthy at this time.

“We have not limited the Namami Ganga Mission to the cleanliness of Ganga, but have made it the largest and comprehensive river conservation program in the country,” he mentioned.

PM Modi mentioned from its origins in Uttarakhand to confluence level in West Bengal, Ganga has enriched the lives of practically half of the nation’s inhabitants, including that the cleanliness of the river is important.