{"id":326953,"date":"2020-09-29T09:55:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T09:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=326953"},"modified":"2020-09-29T09:55:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T09:55:07","slug":"pm-modi-inaugurates-six-mega-projects-under-namami-gange-mission-in-uttarakhand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-modi-inaugurates-six-mega-projects-under-namami-gange-mission-in-uttarakhand\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi inaugurates six mega projects under Namami Gange Mission in Uttarakhand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-modi-inaugurates-six-mega-projects-under-namami-gange-mission-in-uttarakhand\/namami-gange-modi\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-326954\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-326954 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/namami-gange-modi-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/09\/namami-gange-modi-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/09\/namami-gange-modi-356x220.jpg 356w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/09\/namami-gange-modi.jpg 609w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/a>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated 6 mega development projects in Uttarakhand under the Namami Gange Mission through video conference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Modi also inaugurated the Ganga Avalokan Museum, the first of its kind on the River Ganga at Haridwar. He released a book \u201cRowing Down the Ganges\u201d and the new logo for the Jal Jeevan Mission. PM Modi also unveiled the \u2018Margadarshika for Gram Panchayats and Paani Samitis under Jal Jeevan Mission\u2019 (Guidelines for the Village Panchayats and Water Committees) on the occasion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Speaking on the occasion PM Modi said the Jal Jeevan Mission aims at providing every rural household in the country with the piped-water connection. Modi said that the new logo of the Mission shall continue to inspire the need to save every drop of water.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Referring to the Margadarshika, the Prime Minister said that they are equally important for the Gram Panchayats, people living in rural areas as well as for the Government machinery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Describing the book \u201cRowing Down the Ganges\u201d he said it explains in details how the River Ganges stands as a glowing symbol of our Culture, Faith and Heritage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Modi highlighted the importance of keeping the River Ganga clean as it plays a significant role in sustaining the lives of about 50 per cent of the country\u2019s population from its origin in Uttarakhand till West Bengal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">He termed the Namami Gange Mission as the largest integrated river conservation mission which not only aims at the cleanliness of River Ganga but also focuses on comprehensive upkeep of the River. Prime Minister said this new thinking and approach had made the River Ganga return back to life. Had the old methods been adopted, the situation would have been equally bad today. Old methods lacked public participation and foresight.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated 6 mega development projects in Uttarakhand under the Namami Gange Mission through video conference.\u00a0 Modi also inaugurated the Ganga Avalokan Museum, the first of its kind on the River Ganga at Haridwar. He released a book \u201cRowing Down the Ganges\u201d and the new logo for the Jal Jeevan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":326954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,2009,2014,2914],"tags":[10644,316,922],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326953"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326953"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326956,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326953\/revisions\/326956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/326954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}