'We Have Started Seeing Improvement of Water Quality of Ganga', Says Jal Shakti Minister
Read more to know what Jal Shakti Minister has said regarding the cleansing of Ganga.
On Monday, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Shekhawat has said that Ganga’s cleansing is of utmost importance to the government as the sacred river has been the foundation of India’s economic activity. At the Ganga Utsav, the minister said that the National Clean Ganga Mission has managed to connect the common man with the river.
He said, "We have succeeded in connecting Ganga with the common man and made it a Jan Andolan under the NMCG. There are crores of people who are fulfilling their responsibility in carrying out the process of cleaning Ganga. Ganga has been the foundation of India’s economic activity and livelihood of 40% of the country’s population is dependent upon Ganga which also makes its cleansing of utmost importance for us."
Further, he added, "Earlier, the work to clean Ganga was being undertaken in silos and efforts were not made at the desired intensity. We have already started seeing significant improvements on the ground with improvement of water quality whether it is in terms of dissolved oxygen or biological oxygen, or fecal coliform and this improvement can be being observed at many places."
