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The government also said it had provided a total of ₹7,421 crore to the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) for cleaning the river in 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 (until March 9).

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray raked up the 'pollution in the Ganga' row on Sunday after he said he declined to drink water from the river - which practicing Hindus believe is holy ...

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday raised questions about the cleanliness of the River Ganga and said that he would never take a dip in the river. Addressing MNS workers ...

Thackeray added. The MNS chief claimed that not just Ganga, but none of the rivers in the country were clean. “Faith should also have some meaning. Not a single river in the country is clean but ...

He even refused to drink Ganga water brought by party activists. “Not a single river in the country is clean. The country has just come out of the Corona disease. People were walking around with ...

The report had stated, “The river water quality was not conforming ... at five locations on the Ganga and two locations on the Yamuna. "There is a significant variability in the values on ...