New Delhi: The second season of the popular series 'Rag Rag Mein Ganga' aimed at 'inculcating a sense of duty towards the holy river in the people' was launched on Monday. Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports Anurag Singh Thakur along with Minister of State for Jal Shakti and Food Processing Industries Prahlad Singh Patel together launched season 2, a release from the Jal Shakti Ministry said.
Its first series which was telecast on Doordarshan in 2019 anchored by actor Rajeev Khandelwal had received an overwhelming response following which the second season was launched today, it claimed. Starting August 21, 2021, the programme will be telecast every Saturday and Sunday at 8.30 p.m. on DD National. Addressing the gathering after jointly launching season two of the series, Shekhawat expressed happiness at the initiative yielding very positive results.
"Forty percent of the country's population is dependent on the Ganga River Basin for their livelihood in one way or the other and today, a new consciousness of hope and faith has awakened among the countrymen regarding the conservation, development and ecological balance of rivers," Shekhawat said.
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