Global Recognition for Namami Gange

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) was awarded the distinction of “Public Water Agency of the Year” by Global Water Intelligence at the Global Water Summit in London on April 9th.

Global Water Awards

• The Global Water Awards are presented at the Global Water Summit, the major business conference for the water industry worldwide.
• The awards recognize excellence across the international water industry and reward those initiatives in the water, waste water, and desalination sectors, which bring remarkable improvements in the lives of people.

Global Water Summit

• Global Water Summit is the annual business conference for the water industry worldwide.
• The summit attracts high-level executives from industry, municipalities and international water companies and provides the opportunity to connect with hard-to-reach industry insiders that will not attend any other water event.
• The summit provides a platform for connecting the public and private sector and for accelerating change and innovation within the sector.

Pillars of the Clean Ganga Project

1. Creating capacity for sewage treatment across basin states.
2. Development of river front, ghat modernization etc.
3. Cleaning of river surface by collecting floating solid waste.
4. Conservation of river biodiversity.
5. Afforestation across the basin states.
6. Public outreach to encourage community participation through various events, workshops, seminars, conferences, rallies, campaigns, exhibitions, shram daan, cleanliness drives, competitions, plantation drives, etc.
7. Industrial Effluent monitoring by real time effluent monitoring stations.
8. Ganga Gram: Making villages along the river, open-defecation free by encouraging construction of toilets. This is being implemented by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.