To reporters on the sidelines of a half-yearly standing committee meeting of All India Women’s Conference on the VIT campus here on Saturday.
The Ministry would provide 70 per cent of the cost, while the respective State governments would have to bear the remaining.
We have spent more than Rs. 3,000 crore on various clean-up projects for the Ganges, which is in an eco-sensitive zone, especially development of the river front.
Ms. Natarajan said that it is for the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to send a proposal in this connection.
Forest cover remains steady at 21 per cent, and maintaining it at the present level is itself an achievement.
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