With the Narendra Modi government laying special emphasis on rejuvenation of the Ganga, DD News has launched a new programme that traces the journey of the river.

The show, titled Taaki Ganga Bahti Rahe , maps the journey of the river from its source at Gangotri to its culmination at Gangasagar.

The six-episode documentary will be telecast every Sunday from July 6 onwards at 9.30 p.m.. The repeat telecast will be shown on Monday at 3.30 p.m., the Prasar Bharti said in a release here.

The show has been put together by three reporters. In an effort to make the programme interactive, they have interviewed people living on the banks of the Ganga, which flows through multiple States across the country.

Views of scientists, environmentalists, religious leaders and policy-makers too have been included in the show in an attempt to get to the root of issues like pollution, erosion, floods, unregulated urbanisation and encroachment along the banks of the river.

“This is not a generic show that only talks about the matter-of-fact problems. Instead, it deals with the problems pertaining to specific regions. For example, in Uttarakhand, the focus is on the factors affecting the flow of the river, while pollution and health issues dominate the discussion in Uttar Pradesh. In Bihar and West Bengal, the main concerns are pollution and erosion,” said DD News Director-General S.M. Khan. — PTI