Pursuing Clean Ganga Mission
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Government
Water Resources Ministry Gets Additional Wings to Pursue Its Clean Ganga Mission
NEW DELHI:Aligning its ambitious clean Ganga mission with the goal of overall development of the river, the government has formally transferred its nodal agency — National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) — from environment ministry to water resources ministry.
Besides, mission directorate of the 'National Mission for clean Ganga' and other related matters have also been transferred from the environment ministry to the water resources.
These transfers are in tune with the government's recent move to expand the role of the water resources ministry by adding 'Ganga rejuvenation' and 'river development' in it. The ministry had got new nomenclature with these additions when Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet was formed in May.
"All issues related to conservation, development, management and abatement of pollution in river Ganga and its tributaries will also be looked after by the ministry of water resourcesriver development and Ganga rejuvenation", said an official statement on Monday.
Earlier, these tasks were the responsibilities of the environment ministry which was also the administrative ministry of the NGRBA.
The NGRBA was constituted in February, 2009 when the then UPA-II government had given Ganga the status of a 'national river'. The Authority is a planning, financing, monitoring and coordinating body of the centre and the states.
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