This ambitious project was initiated by the GOI during the 74^th Independence Day. It is in the light of conserving wildlife, boosting biodiversity, employment, and tourism.  Apart from this project, Project Lion is also another such project. It is part of a 10-year long project to conserve and grow the population and habitat of Dolphins and Lions in India. This is an effort to replicate the success of Project Tiger in India.

The dolphins in India, are evidently present in the deep waters of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and West Bengal.
Ganges river dolphins are a particular species of freshwater dolphin which resides in the Ganga and Brahmaputra rivers. They can only survive in freshwater. There has been a huge decline in their numbers from tens of thousands to around 3700 since the last century. This is a direct result of unchecked fishing, habitat fragmentation, and building of barrages.

A healthy aquatic life is a sign of a healthy river ecosystem. Hence, the conservation of these dolphins would also ensure controlling river pollution and improving the availability of fish and enhancing the source of income for local communities through sustainable fishery.
At a recently organized event, the Maharashtra government has decided to work on conserving the oceanic dolphins along the 720 km coastline as aligned to the center’s “Project dolphin” program.
They have shared a proposal with Nitin Kakodkar, the principal chief conservator of forests suggesting that their mangrove cell will be monitoring the network, & carry out population-estimation and habitat conservation of the dolphin hotspots.