Ganga, as a river, has national importance but the river requires cleaning by effectively controlling the pollution for its water.

 The Union Government has launched the ‘Namami Gange Programme’ with the following objectives:

• developing sewerage treatment systems in towns,
• monitoring of industrial effluents, 
• development of river front,
• afforestation along the bank of increase biodiversity,
• cleaning of the river surface, 
• development of ‘Ganga Grams’ in Uttarakhand, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal, 
•  creating public awareness to avoid adding pollutants in to the river even in the form of rituals.