Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa commends Namami Gange programme
The Ganga river is at the heart of Indian civilisation and our cultural and economic lifeline, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday.
Modi made the remarks on Twitter, replying to a post by Rajapaksa about his Sunday's trip to Varanasi where he got the "honour" of visiting the Ganga.
"Before leaving #Varanasi, I had the honour of visiting the sacred River Ganga."
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