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Significance of Ganga Dussehra ( 20 June ,2020)

Goddess Ganga came on Earth on rthis day after the great penance of saint Bhagirath. It is believed that if one recites the Ganga Stotram on this day, while standing in the water of Ganges, gets relieved from the curses of all the sins.

75 Lakh Litres Of Polluted Water Dumped Into Ganga Everyday: Official

According to Sumit Agarwal, senior project manager at RK Engineers Sales Limited, said the pollutants being dumped into the river will be capped after the sewer treatment plant is constructed here.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/75-lakh-litres-of-polluted-water-dumped-into-ganga-everyday-official-2052932

We are celebrating Ganga Dussehra on 12 June, 2019 as 'Ganga Mohotsav' on the banks of the Ganges in Haridwar .This day is celebrated to mark the descent of the Holy River Ganga on the earth from the Heavans. Every year we are celebrating this festival to make this festival popular among people and to contribute in the conservation of the Ganga and all other  rivers of country.

Ganga Dusherra (Shri Ganga Mohotsava) : 12 June, 2019 (A day dedicated to Save Gangaji Haridwar India)

According to an article By Mohit Dubey in Economic times  Huge Sum invested in cleaning the Ganges like other previous plans have not yielded much results. It is not just the opposition which is out to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi's emotive connect with the river Ganga. Statistics show that very little has been done in the past two years of BJP rule - in spite of spending Rs 2,958 crore of the Rs 3,703 crore allocated - to improve the condition of the holy river. 

The National Green Tribunal have pulled up the Uttar Pradesh and the central governments on pollution in the Ganga river, especially due to industrial discharge from the tanneries, saying that despite their tall claims "zero result" was delivered.
Read more at: http://www.oneindia.com/india/ngt-pulls-up-government-on-zero-result-of-ganga-cleaning-2186676.html

Cleaning of the Ganga , which is a THE MOST BURNING ECOLOGICAL ISSUE in India seems to remainan unacomplished one. National Green Tribunal (NGT) have came down heavily on the National Mission on Clean Ganga (NMCG) and the Central Pollution Control board (CPCB) on the issue of Ganga cleaning and have expressed anger over the incompetence of the institutions responsible for cleaning if the Ganges.

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India Today in its article have highlighted wrong datas being presented by bodies involved in Ganga conservation. According to it 'The Centre Pollution Control Board in its latest report  has identified Ganga's four polluted stretches running into 550 km. But, a simple geographical look at these stretches shows the actual length is 926 km'. With some of the crucial data provided by India's apex pollution watchdog on Ganga's dying stretches being off the mark, fears abound that much of the money earmarked for the river's cleanup will go down the drain.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of cleaning up the Ganga has so far resulted in the expenditure of lakhs of rupees on meetings and discussions.