Case study ganga action plan

case study by Chanderdeep Singh Gaur

Ganga action plan case study by… sardar chanderdeep singh cse-c 15k41a05g8


WATER POLLUTIONIn simple terms ..“contamination of water bodies”


THE RIVER GANGESTrans boundary river of India and

Bangladesh.The 2,525 km river rises in the Western

Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and flows South-East through the gigantic plain of north India into Bangladesh , where it empties into the Bay of Bengal.


THE GANGES PLAN..


SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE OF GANGAAccording to reports by environmental

engineers if IIT RHOORKE E , the Ganga decomposes the organic waste 15 to 25 times faster than other river.

Scientists and religious leaders have speculated on causes of rivers apparent self purification effect in which water borne bacteria such as dysentery and cholera are killed off . thus preventing large scale epidemics .

According to NBRI(national botanical research institute) the river Ganga has a anti bacterial quality.


ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS•The Ganges was ranked among the

top five most polluted rivers of the world in 2007, with fecal coliform levels in the river near Varanasi more than hundred times in the official Indian government limits

•Pollution threatens not only humans, but also more than 140 fish species, 90 amphibian species and the endangered Ganges river dolphin.


VARANASI ,THE SPIRITIUAL CAPITAL OF INDIA..

1.5 million Population

One of the oldest cities in the world

Most sacred city in India

Millions come here to take bath in the Ganges

Cremation, a holy practise

Is one of the very high polluted zones of the river


WATER QUALITY OF VARANASI


CREMATION AT MANIKARNIKA GHAT


POINT AND NON POINT SOURCES OF POLLUTIONRunoff from agricultural fields.Solid waste.Human and cattle excreta and facial

matter.Bathing and washing on Ghats.Cremation.Domestic waste.Industrial waste.Polluted river Nala.


GANGA ACTION PLANIn 1986, the government had launched the

first phase of GANGA ACTION PLAN (GAP 1) to protect the country’s largest river basin. It selected stretches of the river along 25 cities in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal. In 1993,

GAP-11 was initiated which included the river’s tributes-the Yamuna, Gomti, Damodar and the Mahanadi.

On Feb 20, 2009, the Union government gave the Ganga the status of a National River and relaunched GAP.

Ganga action plan I

•Launched in 1985, expenditure 450 crores

Ganga action plan II

•Launched in 1995, expenditure 2285.6 crores

National river conservation

plan


FAILURE OF GAP-1 AND GAP-11Non availability of environmental state

of the art.In appropriate environmental

planning.Establishment of non specific sewage

treatment plans on highly productive crop lands.

Least political dedication and vision to save the river GANGA.


GOVERNMENT IN ACTION AGAINThe Ganges river considered to be

sacred in India is getting a $1 billion clean up loan from world bank.

Clean up efforts that includes building water treatment plants , fixing dams and other fixing water quality improvement methords.



PRIME MINISTER PLANS NEW POLICY TO CLEAN GANGANEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra

Modi had vowed to come out with a plan to bring back the lost glory of Ganga during his campaign in Varanasi, and now his government is planning a policy initiative to check pollution in the mighty river.


MEDIUM AND LONG TERM STRATEGYMEDIUM TERM PLAN:Sanitation measures in 1649 Gram

Panchayats as identified by ministry of drinking water and sanitations.

Sewerage infrastructure coverage for 118 towns near by.


LONG TERM PLAN:To emerge Ganga river basin

management plan(GRBMP) being prepared by consortium of 7 IITs.

--(a report received by IIT consortium).


MISSION CLEAN GANGAObjective: “by year 2020, no

untreated municipal sewage and industrial effluents flow into Ganga”


FUTURE THREAT!!


ANY QUIRIES!!?


EXPRESSING GRATITUDE.. THANK YOU ONE AND ALL


BIBILOGRAPHY..www.slideshare.comwww.tskchander.blogspot.inwww.wikipedia.comwww.namamigangeplan.comwww.gangaactionplan.comSTATUS PAPER ON RIVER

GANGA..national river conservation directorate ministry of forest and environment VARANASI ,

UTTAR PRADESH

http://www.slideshare.com/

http://www.tskchander.blogspot.in/

http://www.wikipedia.com/

http://www.namamigangeplan.com/

http://www.gangaactionplan.com/

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