the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (cag) has criticised the Union ministry for environment and forests (mef) for its poor implementation of the Ganga Action Plan (gap). A recent audit review of gap reveals that the plan has met only 39 per cent of its primary sewage treatment target. “Phase-1 of the plan is not yet fully complete,” stated the audit report. “The Union government had released a total of Rs 988 crore since gap ’s inception, out of which the partici