Allocation of Funds for Namami Gange Mission Primary focus of Namami Gange Programme is on pollution abatement. The program envisages 100% central government funding for the entire life cycle cost of the treatment assets created which includes O & M cost as well. An amount of Rs. 2750 crore has been allotted for FY 2015-2016 which includes Rs. 100 crore for Ghat Works. The State Project Management Group (SPMG) of the concerned state would monitor the work and report the progress to National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) which releases the grants at different stages of implementation of the project. A three-tier coordination and monitoring framework with a high level task force at central level, state level coordination committee and a district level project monitoring group oversees the implementation of these programmes. The preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for all 118 priority towns is expected to be completed by 2016 and most of the pollution abatement measures are expected to be operational by 2019. Ministry of Defence has informed that they are currently working out the initial logistics to raise one battalion of Ganga Eco Task Force. This information was given by Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Sushri Uma Bharti in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today. Samir/jk
