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New Delhi : Union Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Minister Anurag Thakur on August 16, 2021, unveiled the second season of successful travelogue ‘Rag Rag Mein Ganga’ along with Union Jal Shakti Shri Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti and Food Processing Industries Prahalad Singh Patel.
Speaking on the occasion, Thakur remarked that launch of second season is in itself a parameter of success of the first season which was watched by 1.75 crore viewers. He congratulated the team behind the programme and said the expectations from the second season are higher and that this is not just a programme but an effort from Jan Bhagidari to Jan Andolan, according to a PIB release.
Inviting people to contribute to Ganga rejuvenation, Thakur said Ganga has an emotional connect with all Indians and while it has a spiritual relation with Indians it also has a great economic importance. The Minister used the platform to highlight the impact of Global Warming and appealed that children should be made participants in the efforts to combat climate challenges of today. He said that in the next three to four years Doordarshan will become the most watched channel.
Thakur reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for SabkaSaath, SabkaVikas, SabkaVishwas, and SabkaPrayas, inviting people to participate in efforts under different Government programmes for the AmritMahotsav to centenary celebrations of Independence.
Season 2 of ‘Rag Rag Mein Ganga’ travelogue will cover the cultural, mythological, historical and socio- economic details of this great river while being centric to the theme of nirmalta and aviralta. The travelogue will also establish the work being done by NMCG to save the majestic Ganga. The travelogue, consisting of 26 episodes is being anchored by a well-known actor Rajeev Khandelwal and will go on air from 21st August 21, 2021, every Saturday and Sunday at 8:30 pm on DD National.
Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said that the Government has been able to seat Ganga among top ten cleanest rivers of such length in a short span of three years. He added that the programmes initiated bythe Government have all achieved their goals ahead of time and that has been a result of PM Modi’s mantra of 4 Ps – Political will, Public Spending, Partnership with stakeholders, and peoples’ Participation.
Prahalad Singh Patel said that Season-2 of ‘Rag Rag Mein Ganga’ will be dedicated to Arth-Ganga, the river that laid foundation to expansion of our civilisation.
National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and Doordarshan have partnered to create wide awareness on the current state of Ganga and the need to rejuvenate Ganga to its past glory. In February, 2019 ‘Rag Rag Mein Ganga’, a travelogue on India’s holiest river the Ganga was launched as a flagship programme on the National Broadcaster Doordarshan National Channel.‘
Commissioned by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), this 21 part series covered the 2,525 km long journey of the mighty Ganga from its source Gomukh Glacier to Gangasagar, where the river merges into the Bay of Bengal. Anchored by noted actor Rajeev Khandelwal, the travelogue covered 20 cities of cultural and socio-economic importance on the banks of the Ganges. The message of cleaning the Ganga, the public bhagidhari in keeping the river clean, and the work being done by NMCG to clean and rejuvenate the river was interwoven into the content and format of the travelogue, while covering the cultural, mythological and historical details about the river and the people residing on its banks.
The previous series had ended at Gangasagar with Ganga merging into the sea at Bay of Bengal. Part two could end in district Murshidabad, where the Ganga leaves India to enter Bangladesh and becomes river Padma. The 26 episode series is embedded with many take-home messages for the viewers on the need of rejuvenating Ganga.‘Rag Rag Mein Ganga-II’ is a judicious mix of seriousness and entertainment.