Statistical data revealed that Modi’s much-hyped ‘Namami Gange’ programme has been largely on paper, The Economic Times reported.
An RTI filed by Aishwarya Sharma — a tenth standard student from Lucknow — sought answers on the number of meetings Modi chaired on the issue of improving the condition of the river that is deemed holy by the Hindus.
The RTI also sought details on the budgetary provisions and the total expenditure on the river.
Despite an expenditure of Rs 2,958 crores of the Rs 3,703 crore allotted fund in 2014-15, to clean the Ganga, data in response to an RTI showed that only Rs 326 crores was spent on the programme.
In 2015-16the union government cut the budgetary allocation from the proposed Rs 2,750 crore to Rs 1,650 crore. Of the amended budget, Rs 18 crore remained unspent.
This is completely baffling, keeping in mind the high-decibel campaign by Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself on cleaning the Ganga. I can just hope that Modi uncle delivers on this front as we all have high expectations from him.Aishwarya Sharma told The Economic Times
Ironically, Modi’s ‘Ganga ma ne bulaya hai’ credo had won him mass support in his constituency in Varanasi. However the river still remains in a deplorable condition.
(Source: The Economic Times)
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