The holy river ganga

Longest flowing river in india

2525 km length
Basin area : 10,80,000 km
Originate:gangotri,gangotri district
Ganga - An
Introduction
 WHY GANGA ACTION PLAN
There is some scientific evidence for the Ganga rivers high
capacity to assimilate (i.e.biodegrade) a large level of
organic waste input, includingpathogens,

but no river can sustain its self-purifying power with this

kind of over-use,misuse and abuse of its waters
 Ganga Action Plan
GAP was launched on June 14, 1986 by Rajiv Gandhi at Varanasi in order to
reduce the pollution load on the river.

But the efforts to decrease the pollution level in the river became more. Therefore,
this plan was withdrawn on 31 March 2000, after spending Rs 901.71 Crore.

Million litres of sewage was targeted to be intercepted, diverted and treated. Phase-
II of the program was approved in stages from 1993 onwards, and included the
following tributaries of the Ganges: Yamuna, Gomti, Damodar and Mahananda.
Ganga action plan model
Reasons for failure :
Inappropriate Environmental Planning
Insignificant cooperation between Central, State and Local Government bodies
Lack of local technical expert committees for monitoring the work
Improper mass awareness and involvement of Ganga users in different projects
Least political dedication and vision to save Ganga
U.P. and Bihar were not able to provide uninterrupted electricity for running
the facilities
 n.g.r.b.a
National Ganga River Basin Authority
Under MoEF
Constituted in 2009 by centre under section 3
(3) of Environment Protection Act,1986
Declared Ganga as National River
Chaired by PM
Since 2010 budget, the allocation doubled to Rs.500 crores

Financing, planning, implementing, monitoring and coordinating authority for Ganga

World Bank assistance(technical and monetary) of $1bn for abetment of pollution of Ganga

Mission Clean Ganga 2020 under NGRBA

 WHAT CAN BE DONE
Public investment (giving tax benefits)should be promoted.
People should be given employment in NREGA or there should
be a parallel scheme to clean ganga and generate employment
Social activists like Baba Ramdev, Shri Shri Ravishankar are
trying to
aware people and also providing funds to clean GANGA
Whenever there comes talk about ganga only HINDU
PARTICIPATION is thought and MUSLIMS are not taken into
consideration ,so their participation should be promoted.
 Other Major Activists

Acharya Jitendra
- National General Secretary of Ganga Mahasabha
- put a lot of efforts to abandon all state hydro-dam projects.
Nigmanand - fasted unto death, protesting against illegal mining happening in the
district of Haridwar (in Uttarakhand) resulting in pollution.
Prof. G.D. Agrawal
- protested the building of dams in the Upper course of Ganges
- Manmohan Singh admitted publicly to cease any further hydroelectric damming of the
Ganga in Uttarkhand.
 Story Of Thames
Thames is one of the cleanest Rivers in the world which flows through a major
city. But there was a time it was considered as a Biologically Dead River.
In 1878 the pleasure steamship Princess Alice sunk in a river collision. Most of the
600 or so passengers who died did not die from drowning, they died because of
the pollution in the river.
It was then decided that Treatment plants should be built to clean the water from
the Thames before it was pumped to homes. The treatment plants also cleaned
the dirty water from homes before it went back into the Thames. Not only did the
peoples' health improve, but also the water in the Thames became cleaner.
 RECOMMENDATION

There are three problem areas that need to be addressed in order to find a
comprehensive solution to Ganga pollution:

the inadequate flow of water in the river, needed to dilute and assimilate waste
the growing quantum of untreated sewage discharged from cities along the
river
the lack of enforcement against point-source pollution from industries
discharging waste into the river.
Sewage Treatment
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made by- ujjwal mudgal

Class 10:c