The Act envisages five tier structure at national, state and district level to take measures for prevention, control and abatement of environmental pollution at river Ganga and to ensure continuous adequate flow of water so as to rejuvenate the river, Ganga as below-
- National Ganga Council under chairmanship of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India.
- Empowered Task Force (ETF) on river Ganga under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
- National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG).
- State Ganga Committees
- District Ganga Committees in every specified district adjoining river Ganga and its tributaries in the states.
NMCG has two tier management structure and comprises of Governing Council and Executive Committee. Both of them are headed by Director General, NMCG. Executive Committee has been authorized to accord approval for all projects up to Rs.1000 crore. Similarly, State Programme Management Groups (SPMGs) acts as implementing authority of State Ganga Committee. Thus, the newly created structure attempts to bring all stakeholders on single platform to take a holistic approach towards the task of Ganga cleaning and rejuvenation.
The Director General (DG) of NMCG is an Additional Secretary in Government of India. For effective implementation of the projects under the overall supervision of NMCG, the State Level Program Management Groups (SPMGs) are headed by senior officers of the concerned States.
For further details refer http://nmcg.nic.in/index.aspx
