New Delhi, June 7 – An inter-ministerial committee is going to be formed to prepare, and submit within a month, a plan for the rejuvenation of the Ganga, an official statement said on Friday.
The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by Union Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari. In the meeting, also attended by Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar and Water Resources and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Uma Bharti, it decided that the inter-ministerial committee would be that of secretaries and chaired by water resources secretary.
“We have decided to meet from time to time to take forward this issue, which is a priority of the government, and a subject included in their party-manifesto. Such parameters will be extended for development of other rivers of the country also,” Bharti said after the meeting.
-INDIA TODAY
