The water resources ministry, which was largely off the radar under UPA, will be a key ministry under the new government which has tasked BJP veteran Uma Bharati to work on PM Narendra Modi's dream project to clean the Ganga.
Bharati, MP from Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh, will assume charge of her ministry on Wednesday .
Though the water resources ministry is mandated to clean the Ganga and other rivers, the new nomenclature of the ministry -water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation -signals the Modi government's priority .
Other than Ganga cleaning, inter-linking of rivers will also be a major focus area of the ministry . Although the UPA government prepared detailed project reports on linking Ken and Betwa rivers in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, the implementation did not take off.
Besides being revered by Hindus, Ganga also affects nearly 43% of India's population in one way or the other making it both socio-economically and politically important.
However, after 30 years and two phases of the ambitious Ganga Action Plan (GAP), costing Rs.2,747.52 crore, the longest river in the country continues to remain polluted.
Bharati, MP from Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh, will assume charge of her ministry on Wednesday .
Though the water resources ministry is mandated to clean the Ganga and other rivers, the new nomenclature of the ministry -water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation -signals the Modi government's priority .
Other than Ganga cleaning, inter-linking of rivers will also be a major focus area of the ministry . Although the UPA government prepared detailed project reports on linking Ken and Betwa rivers in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, the implementation did not take off.
Besides being revered by Hindus, Ganga also affects nearly 43% of India's population in one way or the other making it both socio-economically and politically important.
However, after 30 years and two phases of the ambitious Ganga Action Plan (GAP), costing Rs.2,747.52 crore, the longest river in the country continues to remain polluted.
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