CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS
To create Amrit Vatika, NMCG plants 75 saplings:
- The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) erected Namami Gange Amrit Vatika at Kalindi Kunj Ghat on the River Yamuna in New Delhi with the planting of 75 trees as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
- The overarching organization for the planting endeavor was the project Yamuna Ghat par Vriksharopan.
- With a financial commitment of 20,000 crore, the Union Government of India authorized the Namami Gange Program, an integrated conservation program, as a “Flagship Program” in June 2014.
- One of the Namami Gange Program’s primary areas of focus, according to NMCG Director General G. Asok Kumar, is cleaning up Ganga tributaries, notably the Yamuna.