Government Launches Swajal Programme and Gangotri Swachh Iconic Place Project

Union Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Uma Bharti, launched the Bagori Ganga Gram project, New Swajal Project at Bagori and Gangotri Iconic Place in Uttarakhand

Aim of the projects

The projects aim at cleanliness, providing basic amenities to the people of Ganga bank villages and generating employment.
People were urged to plant trees on the river bank is also the responsibility of people.More than 1.5 lac saplings are ready to be planted in Ganga Catchment area in Uttarkashi this year.
Swajal Project is a community-owned drinking water programme for sustained drinking water supply.

Gangotri Swachh Iconic Place

Gangotri Swachh Iconic Place project It aims to make Gangotri as Swachh Iconic Place (SIP). The SIP is a drive under the Swachh Bharat Mission and aims to improve the sanitation and cleanliness of 100 most iconic places in the country. The focus of the project will be to improve the basic infrastructure such as sanitation, waste collection, solar lamps, providing potable water, among others. Besides these, we will also carry out beautification of the place.