Ganga riverfront project a hit amongst residents in Patna, Bihar

Ganga riverfront in Patna has become an attractive place for locals since it has been redeveloped. project is a hit amongst students and those who like taking a walk along riverfront.

project includes a walkway that is 5.7km long and 15ft wide along 16 ghats in city. riverfront w has around 500 benches, green cover, public washrooms, street lamps, etc. 

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Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Director General of NMCG said, "Patna is also very unique because re we have built a riverfront development along with ghats. And you have a beautiful promene where people walk around and perform yoga. Students from Patna University also visit place to relax and study."

He continued, "It is a very good place for public to visit. We have alrey built 16 ghats through this promene, and of course, Bihar government is also planning to come up with some more of m. A very big integrated riverfront development project is actually underway in Patna."

Many local residents have appreciated move and have praised result of project. 

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In Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first term, in September 2016, Cabinet set up a Creation of National Council for River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection and Manment) in order to discharge its functions in an independent and accountable manner.

Multiple governments, over years, have taken up projects to clean Ganga, which is polluted.  Ganga Action Plan (GAP) Phase-I was launched in 1985 and later GAP Phase-II was initiated in 1993 with objective of improving water quality of river Ganga and was later expanded to include some of its tributaries also. In May, 2015, Government approved Namami Gange programme as a comprehensive mechanism to take up initiatives for rejuvenation of river Ganga and its tributaries as a Central Sector Scheme with hundred per cent funding by Union Government.

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