Anuppur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched the Narmada Seva Mission for the conservation of the river, which is considered a lifeline of Madhya Pradesh.
Modi addressed Narmada Sevaks at a grand ceremony on the occasion, which also marked completion of “Namami Devi Narmade” – Seva Yatra, in Amarkantak on Monday.
“It is a perfect document of future vision, it should be sent to all other states,” he said of the Narmada Seva mission plan document prepared by the Madhya Pradesh government.
The yatra was launched on December 11 last year projecting it as the world’s “biggest river conservation campaign with public participation.”
The Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led BJP government in the state envisaged the initiative as a people’s movement to protect the highly polluted river.
River Conservation-Environmental Purity Study Faculty to open in University
Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan entrusted the Narmada Seva Mission work-plan to the Prime Minister. He announced to open a department in the university for the study of conservation of rivers and environmental purity.
The Chief Minister said that looking at the environmental and spiritual importance of Amarkantak it would be made a mini smart city. This would be the state’s first Mini Smart City.
