The World Bank has approved $1 billion as credit and loan to support India's efforts to clean up the Ganga river. The sprawling river basin accounts for a fourth of the country's water resources and is home to more than 400 million people.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/billion-dollar-credit-world-bank-clean-ganga
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/world-bank
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rivers
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pollution
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/municipal-corporations
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sewage-treatment-plants-stp
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/state-pollution-control-board-spcb
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ganga