Ganga Connect concludes in London: High Level of Engagement & Tangible Outcomes
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What is the News?

The Ganga Connect exhibition that has been running across the UK has successfully concluded in London.

What was the objective of the Ganga Connect Exhibition?

The primary objective of the Ganga Connect exhibition was to engage with the UK community and major support has been received from community members from all across the UK.

What are the key outcomes of the Ganga Connect Exhibition?

Impact Project using Arth Ganga Framework:  ‘Arth Ganga’ implies a sustainable development model with a focus on economic activities related to Ganga. Under this, an impact project will be launched to generate major economic activity of a select region along the banks of river Ganga. This initiative will be led by the City of Glasgow College and Strathclyde University.

Ganga Finance and Investments Forum: The forum has been formed by a number of investors and finance companies. The forum will develop state of the art financial instruments such as river bonds, blue bonds, impact and outcome bonds, credit enhancement and guarantee instruments to channelise investments from around the world into the Namami Gange Programme.

Technologies enrolled into the Environment Technology Verification(ETV) programme: ETV helps technology developers to gain credibility for their environmental technologies, thereby facilitating their market reach. Technologies are verified by qualified third parties that use test results to assess claims about the performance and produce a “Statement of Verification”. 

UK-India Scientific Collaboration: A number of scientists and research institutions have agreed to come together to form a knowledge pool for the exchange of scientific and technological ideas, leading to the development of collaborative research.

​​Global Youth for Ganga: It will be an association of youth from India and other countries on a common mission to exchange knowledge and expertise through advocacy for a clean Ganga, and all rivers at large. 

Source: This post is based on the articleGanga Connect concludes in London: High Level of Engagement & Tangible Outcomes published in PIB on 28th November 2021.


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