About:

• Namami Gange Programme is an Integrated Conservation Mission, approved as a ‘Flagship Programme’ by the Union Government in 2014 to accomplish the twin objectives of
  • effective abatement of pollution and
  • conservation and rejuvenation of National River Ganga.
• It is being operated under the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti.
• The program is being implemented by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), and its state counterpart organizations i.e., State Program Management Groups (SPMGs).
• The main pillars of the programme are:

• • Sewerage Treatment Infrastructure
  • Industrial Effluent Monitoring.
  • River-Front Development
  • River-Surface Cleaning
  • Biodiversity
  • Afforestation
  • Public Awareness

Why in News?

• The World Bank has approved a five-year loan to the Namami Gange project worth ₹3,000 crore ($400 million) to develop and improve infrastructure projects to abate pollution in the river basin.

News in Detail:

• The Namami Ganga or the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has already received ₹4,535 crore ($600 million) from the World Bank valid until December 2021 as part of the first phase of the National Ganga River Basin project.

• The loan would fund three new ‘Hybrid Annuity Projects’ (the government bears 40% of the project cost and the remaining amount is arranged by the developer) in Agra, Meerut and Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh for the tributaries of the Ganga.
• Some of the projects include spillover projects from the first phase of the mission as well cleaning projects in tributaries such as the Yamuna and Kali rivers.

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1636999

https://nmcg.nic.in/about_nmcg.aspx

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/world-bank-approves-fresh-funds-for-ganga-cleaning-mission/article31957115.ece