Govt launches an exclusive portal for river Ganga

NEW DELHI: Government on Friday launched an exclusive website on the river Ganga. The move will provide a digital platform to people to extend their suggestions and tips on good practices to keep the country's national river clean.

The idea of this launch is to involve people in a big way in the government's Ganga rejuvenation programme.

Launching the website, Union minister of water resource, river development and Ganga rejuvenation Uma Bharti said that the website was an important tool to connect the public with the gigantic task of Ganga rejuvenation.

She expressed the hope that large number of people concerned with the present state of Ganga will come forward to give their suggestions to improve the situation.

She also reiterated the resolve of the Narendra Modi government to rejuvenate the holy river "within the shortest possible time".

The website (nmcg.nic.in) contains wide range of information on the ' clean Ganga' mission which includes Ganga Manthan, Namami Gange, conservation of pollution project, status of NGRBA, Ganga action plan, water quality monitoring, industrial pollution monitoring, waste water management and comprehensive details of Ganga basin.

The bilingual website has a provision to receive feedback from the public where suggestions can be given about Ganga rejuvenation plan.

"Members of the public can also upload files up to the size of 4 MB along with their suggestions", said the water resources ministry in its formal statement.

This web portal will be a second digital platform for the general public and experts to extend their suggestions on the river Ganga. The Prime Minister had in July launched MyGov portal which also carries a separate section on the river Ganga for getting public suggestions.