India - Germany join hands to clean river Ganga
Published on by Vishakha Rajput, Previous COO The Water Network at AquaSPE AG in Government
India joined hands with Germany to attain "pristine" status of Ganga by adopting river basin management strategies used for cleansing rivers like Rhine and Danube of pollutants.
Ministry of Water Resources and German International Cooperation (GIZ), owned by the German Federal Government, signed an agreement in this regard here today.
The agreement was signed in the presence of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation secretary Shashi Shekh.
The agreement will be based on "Indo-German Knowledge Exchange" and practical experience on strategic river basin management issues, effective data management system and public engagement, it said.
The project will closely cooperate with other national and international initiatives including Indo-German bilateral projects like 'Support to National Urban Sanitation Policy (SNUSP)' and 'Sustainable Environment-friendly Industrial Production' (SEIP).
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In the last, Govt of India acknowledged that Indian Govt and experts are unable to clean Ganga themselves, that's why they are taking help of Germany. Now a days, Governments( of any party) care more for mighty and influential people than the poor unprivileged backward public. These influential and mighty people have vested interests and will not like to see that Ganga is cleaned. The Govt of India should consider why Ganga was much more clean before August 15, 1947 ( pre independence period) than now.