Which one of the following is NOT an objective of Namami Gange Programme?

Planning of river basin

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

• developing sewerage treatment systems in towns (A),

• monitoring of industrial effluents (C),

• development of river front (D),

• afforestation along the bank of increase biodiversity,

• cleaning of the river surface,

• development of ‘Ganga Grams’ in Uttarakhand, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal, and • creating public awareness to avoid adding pollutants in to the river even in the form of rituals.