The projects are launched in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
- These projects will add 145 megaliters per day (MLD) of sewage treatment capacity, provide better sewer networks, and intercept numerous drains.
About NGM 2.0.
- Background: Namami Gange Programme is an Integrated Conservation Mission, approved in 2014 for a period up to March 2021.
- The programme was subsequently extended up to 31st March 2026 as NGM 2.0.
- Objective: Effective abatement of pollution and rejuvenation of the River Ganga.
- Main Pillars: Sewage treatment, River-Front development, River surface cleaning, Afforestation, Biodiversity, Public Awareness, Effluent management and Ganga Gram.
- Implementation Agency: National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and its state and district counterparts under the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
- NMCG is registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act 1860.
- It is a fully central funded initiative.
- There is no State-wise allocation under it.
Achievements of Mission
- A total of 457 projects have been taken up, out of which 280 projects have been completed and made operational. (Feb 2024)
- 139 District Ganga Committees (DGC) have been constituted under the chairmanship of District Magistrates.
- NMCG has sanctioned Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) for industries.
