Letter to BS: Namami Gange project should be run on the basis of knowledge

This refers to “Cleaning the Ganga” (October 15). If we go through the history of this project, we find there is multiplicity of authorities, lack of assistance from the state governments and dearth of monitoring that has led to the failure of cleaning the Ganga.

The Namami Gange programme should be run on the basis of knowledge and not by perception. There are a number of authorities at the state and the national levels, duplication of effort. There is a lack of administrative intent and coordination among various wings of the government. It is also mentioned that data on pollution collected