Which of the following is not an objective of the ‘Namami Gange Programme’?

development of ‘Ganga Grams’ in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana.

Ganga, as a river, has national importance but the river requires cleaning by effectively controlling the pollution of 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 the riverfront,

• afforestation along the bank of increased 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 into the river even in the form of rituals.