India, Aug. 19 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The 20th Meeting (Part-II) of the Central Monitoring Committee (CMC) on river rejuvenation was held today under the chairpersonship of Smt. Debashree Mukherjee, Secretary, DoWR, RD & GR. The meeting was attended by senior officials including Shri. Rajeev Kumar Mital Director General of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG); Shri. Karan Singh, Joint Secretary, NRCD; Executive Director of Namami Gange Mission and representatives of State Governments and Pollution Control Boards. The meeting focused on reviewing the progress of river rejuvenation efforts across 15 states.
The chair underlined that rejuvenation of rivers is not only an ecological priority but a...