Page 7 - 6th NamamiGange NewsLetter

National Mission for Clean Ganga 7

New Initiatives

NMCG continues to engage with a variety of stakeholders for taking up new projects, interventions and
activities relating to Ganga rejuvenation agenda. In the past quarter, a number of projects have been
approved. Besides, NMCG participated in various exhibitions and seminars showcasing its interventions and
engaging with multiple entities.

New projects and interventions of NMCG
Details of projects sanctioned by Executive Committee of NMCG in April-June 2018.

11th EC Meeting-27.04.2018 12th EC Meeting-29.05.2018 13th EC Meeting-26.06.2018

 Namami Gange Awareness Programme on  Eco-skills and Capacity Building Training
DD Network: Awareness Rising and Public Program for Ganga Mitra (Task force at grass
Information. root level) to help in Rejuvenating the Ganga
and its associated Water Bodies.
Estimated Cost – `9.85 crores
Estimated Cost – `63.07 lakhs
 Generation of High Resolution DEM and GIS
Ready Database for part of River Ganga to be  Interception and Diversion and 25 MLD Sewage
developed by Survey of India. Treatment Works at Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh.

Estimated Cost – `86.84 crores Estimated Cost – `118.69 crores

 Interception and Diversion of sewerage network  Ghat Cleaning Project at 4 towns of Bithoor,
system including repair and renovation of existing Kanpur, Allahabad and Mathura-Vrindavan in
lifting station and new STP at Hooghly- Chinsurah Uttar Pradesh.
Municipality Area, West Bengal.
Estimated Cost – `14.27 crores
Estimated Cost – `160 crores
 Ghat Cleaning Project in Haridwar, Uttarakhand
 Interception and Diversion of sewerage
network along with STP by using the existing Estimated Cost – `15.90 crores
pumping stations for Maheshtala town, West
Bengal.  Community Toilets and Urinals for Cleanliness
and Sanitation in Kumbh Mela 2019 at
Estimated Cost – `198.43 crores Allahabad.

 Proposal for strengthening of laboratories of Estimated Cost – `113.00 crores
State pollution Control Boards of five Ganga basin
states for water quality monitoring.  Procurement of Dustbins and Lining Bags for
Solid Waste Collection during Kumbh Mela
Estimated Cost – `85.87 crores 2019 at Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.

 Interception and Diversion of drains discharging Estimated Cost –`3.60 crores
in Saryu River at Ayodhya, District Faizabad,
Uttar Pradesh.  Promotion of cultivation of Medicinal Plants
along the catchment area of River Ganga from
Estimated Cost – `37.67 crores Allahabad to Ballia stretch in Uttar Pradesh.

 Interception and Diversion network for existing Estimated Cost – `35.47 crores
drains falling in river Ganga including sewage
treatment at Jangipur Municipality, West Bengal.  Reconstructing the Ganga of the past through
Corona Archival imagery by IIT Kanpur.
Estimated Cost – ` 68.47 crores
Estimated Cost- `40.97 Lakhs