TNPSC Thervupettagam

Clean Ganga

January 10 , 2018 2543 days 1092 0
  • The Union Defence Ministry has sanctioned raising of Territorial Army (TA) battalion comprising ex-servicemen of Indian Army as part of its mission to clean the Ganga by 2020.
  • This battalion will be raised in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh as a Composite Ecological Task Force (CETF) battalion of TA for National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), the nodal agency for cleaning the Ganga.
  • The battalion will work with the funding provided from the budget of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
  • Territorial Army, which comes under the Defence Ministry, is considered a second line of defence after the regular Army.
  • Ecological Task Force (ETF) battalions of TA have been raised to execute specific environment-related projects.

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