The Executive Committee (EC) of the National Mission for Clean Ganga approved 12 projects worth Rs 929 crore under the Namami Gange programme in its 16th meeting held recently. One of the projects approved is under corporate social responsibility category for funding Ghat and crematoria work at Badrinath and Gangotri in Uttarakhand.
According to information provided by official sources, the Indorama Charitable Trust is funding the Ghat and crematoria work at Badrinath and Gangotri in Uttarakhand at a cost of Rs 26.33 crore. The construction of Ghats and crematoria under the Namami Gange programme is expected to be completed by March 2019.
Earlier this month, the Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari had directed all stakeholders to expedite the execution of the projects and take proactive steps to resolve bottlenecks wherever they exist in implementation of the Namami Gange programme.
It should be mentioned here that in Uttarakhand, 32 sewerage infrastructure projects (STPs) have been sanctioned. These include projects in Haridwar, Munikireti, Tapovan, Rishikesh, Devprayag, Tehri, Uttarkashi, Gangotri, Kirtinagar, Srinagar, Rudraprayag, Karnprayag, Nandprayag, Chamoli-Gopeshwar, Joshimath, Badrinath and Dehradun. Out of these, 15 projects have been completed, 16 are in various stages of progress and one project is under tendering process. Twenty two ghats and 22 crematoria have been sanctioned, along with one River Front Development (RFD) project at Chandi Ghat. Out of these projects 10 ghats and nine crematoria have been completed and work is underway on the other projects.
