The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has sanctioned 43 projects worth R2,476 crore to the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) for abatement of pollution and conservation of the river. The centre’s contribution is 70% with the rest coming from the states.
The authority has met twice and the projects sanctioned in 2009-10 and 2010-11 are for Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Uttarakhand for development of sewer networks, sewage treatment plans and sewage pumping stations, electric crematoria, community toilets and development of river fronts.
Projects worth R1,314 crore have been sanctioned for Uttar Pradesh, worth R656 crore for West Bengal, R442 crore for Bihar and R64 crore for Uttarakhand.
NGRBA was set up by the government in February 2009 as an empowered planning, financing, monitoring and coordinating authority for the Ganga river, to ensure effective abatement of pollution and conservation of the national river.
Two meetings of the authority have been held.
the FE
The authority has met twice and the projects sanctioned in 2009-10 and 2010-11 are for Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Uttarakhand for development of sewer networks, sewage treatment plans and sewage pumping stations, electric crematoria, community toilets and development of river fronts.
Projects worth R1,314 crore have been sanctioned for Uttar Pradesh, worth R656 crore for West Bengal, R442 crore for Bihar and R64 crore for Uttarakhand.
NGRBA was set up by the government in February 2009 as an empowered planning, financing, monitoring and coordinating authority for the Ganga river, to ensure effective abatement of pollution and conservation of the national river.
Two meetings of the authority have been held.
the FE
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