Namami Gange moves slow: Of Rs 2,300 cr allotted, only Rs 700 cr used

As many as 261 projects were announced, but only 76 have been concluded

The Centre and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who represents Varanasi in the Lok Sabha, had made cleaning up of the Ganga a key poll promise in 2014. But over this fiscal year, only one-third of the funds allotted for the project has been utilised so far.
 
According to the Revised Estimates 2018-19 in the interim Union Budget for 2019-20 presented in Parliament on Friday, Namami Gange was allotted Rs 2,300 crore. Of this, only Rs 700 crore has been utilised.
 
Namami Gange was launched in 2014. Several initiatives were planned such as sewage treatment, cleaning of the river