About

• Namami Gange Mission is a holistic and integrated river rejuvenation programme not just to clean River Ganga but restore its entire riverine ecosystem. 
• It was launched in 2014-15.
• Namami Gange is premised on the five important pillars of – 
  • Nirmal Ganga (unpolluted river), 
  • Aviral Ganga (unrestricted flow), 
  • Jan Ganga (People’s Participation), 
  • Gyan Ganga (knowledge and research based interventions) and 
  • Arth Ganga (people-river connect through the bridge of economy). 

Why in News?

• Under the Namami Gange Programme, a total of 442 projects have been taken up at an estimated cost of over 37 thousand crore rupees, out of which 254 projects have been completed so far. 

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