The West Bengal government will receive Rs 539 crore from the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) for cleaning up the Ganga river basin. An additional Rs 800 crore worth of proposals have also been sent to the authority for clearance.
Giving this information here on Tuesday, the State Urban Development Minister, Mr Asok Bhattacharya, who had attended a meeting organised by the NGRBA in Delhi on Monday, said that 17 proposals worth Rs 139 crore had already been sanctioned while another Rs 400 crore worth of projects would be sanctioned soon.
An additional Rs 800 crore worth of proposals relating to upgradation of sewage lines along river banks and their networking with the Ganga river have also been presented for clearance.
“Under Phase I of the Ganga Action Plan, work on 110 schemes has started and another 177 schemes have begun under Phase II. Around Rs 186 crore and Rs 248 crore has already been spent in carrying out schemes under the two phases,” Mr Bhattacharya said.
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