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Detailed explanation-1: -By India Today Web Desk: The Uttar Pradesh Government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has launched a new awareness drive called Namami Gange Jagriti Yatra.

Detailed explanation-2: -1. Creating Sewerage Treatment Capacity:-49 sewage management projects are under implementation and 98 sewage projects have been completed in the states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Rajasthan.

Detailed explanation-3: -Namami Gange Programme is an Integrated Conservation Mission, approved as a Flagship Programme by the Union Government of India in June 2014 with a budget outlay of Rs. 20, 000 crore to accomplish the twin objectives of effective abatement of pollution, conservation and rejuvenation of National River Ganga.

Detailed explanation-4: -He informed that Namami Gange Programme was started in 2014 after Shri Narendra Modi took over as the Prime Minister after recognizing the need to rejuvenate River Ganga and committed over 5 billion dollars to ensure that the river gets clean.

Detailed explanation-5: -’Namami Gange’ programme is an integrated mission, approved by the Centre in 2014 with a budgetary outlay of Rs 20, 000 crore, to accomplish objectives of effective abatement of pollution, conservation and rejuvenation of the river Ganga.