Union surface transport minister Nitin Gadkari said he has been able to reduce the cost of cleaning river Ganga project by more than a third at Rs20,000 crore. The earlier estimates put the amount needed at Rs60,000 crore, but a little bit of innovative planning has helped bring it down to Rs20,000 crore,” said Gadkari. The Clean Ganga mission is a flagship programme of the BJP government.
