Who is accountable
From the officers who run it up to the minister and the head of government. Names from the Government's official lists.
- Ministry of Jal Shakti
- Secretary, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga RejuvenationMs. Archana Varma
- Secretary, Department of Drinking Water and SanitationShri Ashok K. K. Meena
- Minister of Jal ShaktiShri C R Patil
- Prime MinisterShri Narendra Modi
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A dedicated, ring-fenced budget to clean rivers: build sewage plants and pay to run them
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Rivers stay dirty when sewage plants are built but not connected to sewers, or are built but not run. A ring-fenced river budget would:
- Fund sewer connections and treatment plants together, so every plant gets the sewage it was built for.
- Pay for operation and maintenance for 15 years in the same contract (hybrid annuity), so plants keep running.
- Publish each plant's output and river water quality online every month.
- Tie a part of each city's funds to meeting treated-water standards.
One budget can help several polluted rivers at once: it is linked here to the national river problem and to the Yamuna in Delhi.
Sources
- National Mission for Clean Ganga: nmcg.nic.in
- Central Pollution Control Board: cpcb.nic.in
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