Prime Minister Narendra Modi struck an emotional chord with Indian voters when he vowed to save the Ganga. "It’s my destiny to serve Maa Ganga," he said while filing nomination papers from Varanasi in 2014.

Subsequently, the government launched the Namami Gange project and allocated Rs 20,000 crore as its budget for five years.

But data from the Ministry of Water Resources shows dangerously slow progress for the project. How much of, and to what effect, has this money been spent in almost 3 years? Here’s a status check.