- A 40-member team led by Bachendri Pal (first Indian woman to climb the Mount Everest) will undertake a month-long rafting expedition “Mission Gange” in October, 2018.
- The objective of the “Mission Gange” is to clean the river Ganga and spread awareness on waste management.
- The team including 20 women member will comprise of Twenty-six employees of Tata Steel, eight Everesters, five IIT graduates and a radio jockey representing various parts of the country.
- The expedition will start from Haridwar on October 5 and traverse through Bijnor, Farukhabad, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Buxar and end at Patna on October 30, covering a distance of 1500 km downstream during the expedition.
