Some hits, but miles to go: Here's a ground check on Namami Gange programme

The massive river cleaning exercise also includes the treatment of sewage released by the 400-odd tanneries in the city which together account for about 10 MLD of sewage

G D Agarwal, an IIT engineer-turned-activist, died last week during his protest fast demanding ‘aviral’ Ganga. In a two-part series, Business Standard does a ground check on the Centre’s Namami Gange programme.
 
Nearly four decades after he first performed rituals at Kanpur’s Balu Ghat, Raju Tiwari says things have changed for the better. By that he means that the ghat or the bank of the river Ganga where Hindus cremate their dead has become significantly cleaner than before.
 
There are now separate garbage bins for dumping wood, coal and other waste from the cremation ground, which were not