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After successive governments spent more than Rs.5,000 crore over 28 years on failed Ganga cleanup plans, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has finally directed the environment ministry to frame legislation that would protect India’s national river from pollution and keep it flowing.This is the first time a separate law is being sought to protect the Ganga.The PMO also directed the ministry to set up an inter-ministerial committee (IMC) with the environment secretary as its chairman.