How do you plan to clean river Ganga? Supreme Court asks Centre

• Supreme Court on Wednesday reminded Modi government that cleaning Ganga was on its poll manifesto
• Centre has been asked why necessary steps have not been taken yet?
• “Are you saving river Ganga? It was also there in your manifesto. Why don’t you act on it?,” the bench said
• The court gave Centre two-week time to file an affidavit
• Affidavit will be proposing measures government will be taking to prevent river Ganga
• The 2,500 km stretch of the river passes through 29 major cities, 23 small cities and 48 towns
• Rajiv Gandhi had launched the ambitious Ganga Action Plan in 1985