63rd NMCG Executive Committee approves ₹126.41-crore Agra sewerage project
The 63rd Executive Committee meeting of the National Mission for Clean Ganga, reported on 21 May 2025, approved a ₹126.41-crore sewage management project for Agra, Uttar Pradesh, and studies on environmental flow in Ganga's tributaries.
Summary
The 63rd Executive Committee meeting of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), reported by the Jal Shakti Ministry on 21 May 2025, approved several projects, including a sewage management project for Agra, Uttar Pradesh, with a total budget of ₹126.41 crore. It covers 40 interception and diversion structures, 21.20 km of interception and diversion sewer lines, 8 pumping stations and trash screens in 5 major drains, on the Design-Build-Operate-Transfer model. The committee also approved projects to study environmental flow in Ganga's tributaries.
Key facts
- Meeting
- 63rd Executive Committee, NMCG
- Agra project
- ₹126.41 crore
- Components
- 40 I&D structures; 21.20 km I&D sewers; 8 pumping stations; screens in 5 drains
- Model
- Design-Build-Operate-Transfer
- Also approved
- Environmental flow studies for tributaries
Practice MCQs 2 questions
The 63rd Executive Committee of the National Mission for Clean Ganga approved a sewage management project worth ₹126.41 crore for which city?
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Correct answer: C — Agra
The ₹126.41-crore sewage management project is for Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
The ₹126.41-crore Agra sewage management project approved by NMCG's 63rd Executive Committee is based on which model?
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Correct answer: D — Design-Build-Operate-Transfer
The project is based on the Design-Build-Operate-Transfer model.