The environment ministry on Monday said it had sanctioned 43 projects worth over Rs 2,476 crore to make the Ganga pollution-free and to conserve it under the Mission Clean Ganga project.
The projects, sanctioned in 2009-10 and 2010-11 are aimed at enabling Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Uttarakhand to develop sewer networks, sewage treatment plans and sewage pumping stations, electric crematoria, community toilets and development of river fronts, according to a ministry release. Of the total Rs 1,314 crore has been sanctioned for the projects in Uttar Pradesh, Rs 656 crore for West Bengal, Rs 442 crore for Bihar and Rs 64 crore for Uttarakhand. According to another statement, the ministry had withdrawn the revised guidelines for determination of critical wildlife habitats, issued by it last month, owing to complaints by civil society members of violating the traditional rights of tribals.
The projects, sanctioned in 2009-10 and 2010-11 are aimed at enabling Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Uttarakhand to develop sewer networks, sewage treatment plans and sewage pumping stations, electric crematoria, community toilets and development of river fronts, according to a ministry release. Of the total Rs 1,314 crore has been sanctioned for the projects in Uttar Pradesh, Rs 656 crore for West Bengal, Rs 442 crore for Bihar and Rs 64 crore for Uttarakhand. According to another statement, the ministry had withdrawn the revised guidelines for determination of critical wildlife habitats, issued by it last month, owing to complaints by civil society members of violating the traditional rights of tribals.
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