The Central government will be setting up a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for its ambitious programme Namami Gange or Clean Ganga initiative.
Members of SVP
A dedicated SPV with a bureaucrat of the calibre of E. Sreedharan who headed DMRC is the way forward.
The Chief Secretaries of all States through which the Ganga passes will be made members of the board of this SPV, as would select municipal commissioners of big cities on the Ganga route.
Who involves in it
As of now, the Clean Ganga project involves the Ministries of Water Resources, Urban Development, Environment and Forests, Roads and Highways and Rural Development and Sanitation.
To be study
Hydel power projects on the river, especially in Uttarakhand, and the effect it has on the flow of the river and how to balance this with requirements of power in various States will also be studied.
Hydel projects have been looked at as a cause of environmental degradation in the sensitive Himalayan ecosystem. These are said to have seriously affected the flow in the river, affecting downstream areas.
Current Affairs: 13th January, 2016 Current Affairs Round up December, 2015.
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