MoU to develop crematoria, ghats in Gangotri & Badrinath

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, February 24

A tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was inked here on Monday among the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), State Programme Management Group-Uttarakhand (SPMG-UK) and Indorama Charitable Trust (ICT) to work together for giving a facelift to the bathing ghat at Badrinath and ghat and crematoria at Gangotri

in Uttarakhand.

The cost outlay of the project is Rs 26 crore. It will be financed by Indrona Group as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The project is under the Clean Ganga Mission.

The project’s implementation will commence by this March and is expected to be completed in 15 months. The MoU was signed in the presence of Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Jal Shakti Minister.

Gangotri and Badrinath are part of the “Char DhamYatra”.

Shekhawat said this project was being taken up under the government initiative of “Har Kaam Desh Ke Naam”.

The detailed Project Report (DPR) has been developed by WAPCOS, a Government of India Enterprise.

Project includes

• Development of Badrinath and Gangotri ghats include the changing room, toilet with bio-digester and reed bed, water spout, chhatri, platform, signage, horticulture work and railing
• Public amenities on ghats
• Bank erosion protection works
• Operation & Maintenance for five years