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extensive public outreach, environmental governance strengthening nature-based

community engagement, and river management. The solutions, enhancing climate
Ganga Praharis, volunteer journey has also gained resilience, and ensuring that

networks, educational international recognition. The development remains in
harmony with ecological
initiatives, and campaigns Namami Gange Programme is
sustainability. The story of
promoting sustainable increasingly viewed as a global
Namami Gange is not merely
practices, citizens have example of integrated river
about cleaning a river; it is
become active stakeholders in basin management,
about redening humanity's
protecting and preserving demonstrating how
relationship with rivers. It is
rivers. This growing river- environmental restoration can about recognising rivers as

people connect has be aligned with economic living ecosystems that must be

strengthened the foundation development, climate protected, respected, and
for long-term sustainability resilience, public health, and nurtured for generations to
and collective responsibility. social well-being. come. The achievements of the
As we reect on the past twelve years provide both
Innovation and science have
achievements of the past inspiration and condence
played a central role in this
twelve years, it is equally that transformative change is
transformation. Real-time
important to look ahead. The possible when government,
water quality monitoring,
challenges posed by rapid institutions, communities,
geospatial technologies, and citizens work together
urbanisation, climate change,
scientic assessments, towards a shared vision.
growing water demand, and
biodiversity mapping, and As we celebrate this milestone,
ecosystem degradation call for
data-driven decision-making we reafrm our commitment to
continued innovation,
building cleaner rivers,
have enabled more effective stronger partnerships, and
healthier ecosystems, and a
planning and implementation. sustained commitment. The
water-secure future for the
The programme's emphasis future of river rejuvenation lies
nation. The journey continues,
on evidence-based in advancing circular water and with it, the promise of a

interventions has established economies, promoting the safe more resilient, sustainable,
new benchmarks in reuse of treated wastewater, and prosperous India.

Rajeev Kumar Mital
DG-NMCG

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