Introduction..

 The Ganga Action Plan was launched by Shri

Rajeev Gandhi on 14th January,1986.
 This plan was launched in order to protect
GANGA.
 It was launched with the main objective of-
 pollution abatement of river Ganga,
 to improve the water quality by interception,
 treatment of domestic sewage and,
 to identify grossly polluting units to prevent their toxic
and industrial chemical waste from entering the river.
Other Objectives
include:-
Research and Development
Technological
advancements.
Resource recovery options.
To act as a Trend Setter.
The ultimate objective of the GAP—
is to have an approach of integrated river
basin management considering the various
dynamic inter-actions between abiotic and
biotic ecosystem.
 Phase 1-was taken up as 100% centrally
funded scheme and aimed at preventing the
pollution of river Ganga.Phase-1 was completed
in March 2000.
 Phase 2-it began from 1993 with staggered
approvals to include tributaries of the river
Ganga, namely,Yamuna,Gomti,Damodar and
Mahananda known as National River
Conservation Plan(NRCP).
Main Causes:-
Human waste.
Industrial waste.
Religious events.
Dumping and pumping
stations in the nearby area.
•Marine Life-The Ganges River dolphin is
one of few species of fresh water dolphins in the
world. Listed as an endangered species, their
population is believed to be less than 2000.
Hydroelectric and irrigation dams along the
Ganga that prevents the dolphins from traveling
up and down river is the main reason for their
reducing population.
•Wildlife-Some of the dams being constructed
along the Ganga basin will submerge substantial
areas of nearby forest. For example, the Kotli-Bhel
dam at Devprayag will submerge 1200 hectares of
forest, wiping out the river otters and
the mahaseer fish that are found there.Wildlife
biologists in India have been warning that the wild
animals will find it difficult to cope with the changed
situation.
•Human beings-An analysis of the
Ganga water in 2006 showed significant
associations between water-borne/enteric
disease pop and the use of the river for
bathing, laundry, washing, eating, cleaning
utensils, and brushing teeth. Water in the
Ganga has been correlated to contracting
dysentery, cholera, hepatitis,as well as
severe diarrhea which continues to be one
of the leading causes of death of children in
India.
•Panel to review projects on
Ganga.
•National Ganga River Basin
Authority(NRGBA).
•A consortium of seven IIT’s has
been tasked with the
responsibility of preparing a
comprehensive Ganga River
Basin Management Plan.
•“Namami Gange Project”-Modi
government announced a Rs 6300-plus crore
‘Namami Gange’ scheme. While Rs 2037 crore
will go into rejuvenating the river, another Rs
4200 crore will be spent on developing a
navigation corridor in the next six years. Then
there is a Rs 100 crore project dedicated to ghat
development and waterfront beautification. The
government also announced a ‘NRI Ganga Fund’
to help drive fund collection, the money from
which will be spent on ‘special projects’.
•“HARIYALI”-a plantation
project is being started along
the stretch of river Ganga in all
five states through which it
flows i.e. Uttrakhand, Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and
West Bengal.
Recently, Prime Minister,
Narendra Modi has
created a special ministry
for cleaning the river
Ganga and senior leader
Uma Bharti has been given
the resposibility of it.
Statistical analysis:-
 The Ganga Action Plan (GAP) originated from the
personal intervention and interest of our late Prime
Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi who had directed the
Central Board for the Prevention and Control of
Water Pollution, now Central Pollution Control
Board (CPCB) to do a comprehensive survey of the
situation in 1979. CPCB published two
comprehensive reports which formed the base for
GAP in Oct 1984 but was not presented to the nation
formally due to assassination of Smt Indira Gandhi..
•In Feb 1985, the Central Ganga Authority
(CGA) with the PM as Chairman was
formed, with an initial budget of Rs 350
crore to administer the cleaning of the
Ganga and to restore it to pristine
condition by our late PM Sh Rajiv Gandhi.
In June 1985, the Ganga Project
Directorate (GPD) was established as a
wing of the Department of Environment.
GAP was launched on June 14, 1986 by Sh
Rajiv Gandhi at Varanasi
Due to ganga pollution,
overall rate of water borne
diseases is estimated to be
about 66%.
Caliform bacteria level is
about 5500 which is way too
high to be safe for agricultural
use.
Average flow of ganga:-
•Unsucessful even after spending Rs.9,017
million.
•This plan was withdrawn on 31st March 2000.
•A million litres of sewage is targeted to be
intercepted, diverted and treated in phase 2 of
the program.
•In 2010, the government declared the stretch of
river between Gaumukh and Uttarkashi an “eco-
sensitive zone.”
•To make this plan of action
successful, we need active
participants who are willing to
spend their time and make
corruption free attempt.
•Various social and environmental
agencies need to join hands in
order to rescue our rivers.
 Government should take strong action
against industrialists who dump waste in
waterbodies.
 Due to Global warming the situation
becomes more critical. So steps should be
taken by government.
 There is a need to develop awareness
among people regarding the harmful
impacts of Ganga Pollution.

All the above mentioned points

could have benefitted in making the
plan a big success…
So basically, this plan
is described as
FAILURE by many
scientists and NGOs
in their studies…
Prepared by:-
1. Ishita Grover 56
2. Aditya Padhi 25
3. Puneet Malhotra 21
4. Harsh Mehta 23
5. Devanshi Shah 35
6. Umang Doshi 11
7. Shubham Agrawal 61