The Namami Gange flagship programme for cleaning up of the Ganga got an allocation of Rs 2,150 crores for the current fiscal. The amount has been given under the head of National Ganga Plan.
As part of the Namami Gange Programme, the Government is implementing several projects in all 118 cities and complete sanitation solutions for 1,649 gram panchayats, on the banks of the river. The programme has a Budget outlay of Rs 20,000 crore for the next 5 years.
The beautification drive of Ghats has been given an additional allotment of Rs 100 crores in 2016-17 Budget.
In 2015-16, six projects were cleared worth Rs 760 crore while the flagship scheme was allocated Rs 2,700 crore during the on-going year. Within next month, the Centre is likely to set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to construct sewage treatment plants (STPs) through hybrid annuity-based public-private-partnership model to bring down pollution level in Ganga.
The project is being implemented by the National Mission for Clean Ganga.