THE GANGA WAITTHE GANGA: WAITPresentation by: Banjot Kaur, C

TING FOR GODOTTING FOR GODOTCorrespondent, Down To Earth

Holy River, UH y R , UGanga Action Plan I IN 1986Ganga Action Plan I IN 1986

Ganga Action Plan II IN 1993

Closure of GAP I in 2000 (10 years delayClosure of GAP I in 2000 (10 years delay

Yamuna Action Plan I in 2003

Yamuna Action Plan II in 2004Y A P II

NGBRA in 2004

Finance min announces Namami Gange in budget in g g

Cabinet approval in May 2015, Rs 22000cr sanctio

NMCG, formed in 2011, became authority via gazeO bOctober 2016

May 2018: Gadkari declared the Ganga would be c80% by March 2019y

Unholy attemptsU y p

July 2014y

oned, decline 2019

etted notification in

cleaned by 2020, 70-

CPCB

PROJECTS STATUS

Till August 31, 2018)

236 sanctioned, 63 completed

R d RRs 22323.37 sanctioned, Rs 5291.78 spent

114 sewage projects sanctioned, 27 completedcompleted

River front/ghats : 70 sanctioned, 27 completed

Institutional devpt: Rs 1069.92cr sanctioned, Rs 37.06cr completed

ff dAfforestation: Rs 236.56cr sanctioned, Rs 114 cr completed

Source: NMCGSource: NMCG

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UTTAR PUTTAR P

33 Sanctioned/

Sewer line: 110

Ghats/crematol t dcompleted

RADESHRADESH

/8 completed

08 km laid/1643km

oria: 81 sanctioned/7

Output of Kanpur tanneries

BIHBIH

Sewage: 21 san

S lSewer line: 172sanctioned/38/3

Ghats/crematoG /sanctioned/0 c

HARHAR

lnctioned/0 completed

k22.36km 1.63km completed3 p

oria/riverfront: 5 / 5ompleted

WEST BWEST B

16 sewage proje16 sewage projecompleted

Sewer line: 627i dsanctioned

Gh t tGhats.crematorsanctioned

BENGALBENGAL

ects sanctioned/2ects sanctioned/2

7km laid/1001.68km

i 24 l t d/31ria: 24 completed/31

JHARKJHARK

Sewage: 2 sanc

S lSewer line: 38.7sanctioned

Ghats/crematoG /completed/4 sa

KHANDKHAND

lctioned/0 completed

k l d k78km laid/89km

oria/riverfront: 0 /anctioned

UTTARAUTTARA

32 sewage projel dcompleted

AKHANDAKHAND

ects sanctioned, 15

LACK OFAPPROAPPRO

IITIIT report prepbasin approachpp

There are aboustem on the riveradar none incluradar, none incluthe basin

F BASIN OACHOACH

d i R 6 fpared in Rs 16 crore for lies dumpedp

ut 90 cities all of main r which are on govt’s uded outside stem lying inuded outside stem lying in

E-FLE FL

Challenge is not to cle

59% baseflow amount rIIT Kharagpur’s AbhijIIT Kharagpur’s Abhij

14 ongoing and 14 prog g pBhagrirathi and Alakn

G D A lG D Agarwal’s strugg

Govt’s E flow notificaGovt s E-flow notifica

LOWLOW

an the river but save the river

reduced from 1970s to 2016: ijeet Mukherjeeijeet Mukherjee

oposed projects on p p jnanda basins: WWI report

lgle

ation: A bluffation: A bluff

Twin pit toilets

No though give

a fad, but no solution

en to sludge management

GOVERGLITCGLITC

GAP vs Namami Gange: Co-K ’ Vi d T bKanpur’s Vinod Tare says bo

No monitoring of MoUs with g

PM-led National Ganga Cou

Water Resources minister led 2017, supposed to meet once

NMCG director post: musica

N b tt hNo bottom-up approach

NANCE CHESCHES

-ordination of departments, IIT-th d thoth are one and the same

10 ministries

uncil has never met

task force met only thrice since every three months

al chairs: 7 people in six months

FINANCCLEACLEA

More than Rs 986IIII

IIT: 1 paise per litrIIT p s p

Cost overruns multdeadlines

Pl f fPlanning of financeSewer line cost in Gthan Rs 5k crore

CES OF AN UPAN-UP

6 crores spent in GAP I and

re

tiple times: Extended p

UP SAAPes: UP SAAP, 2016—Ganga basin towns is more

WILL GANGCLECLE

It will take 200 yearconsidering your linconsidering your lin2014

Not a drop has bee

It is an ever going pTareT

OR WILL IT KEGODOT?

A BE EVER EAN?EAN?

rs to clean the Ganga ne of action: SC to govt inne of action: SC to govt in

en cleaned: NGT in 2017

process: IIT-Kanpur’s Vinod

EEP WAITING FOR

THANKTHANKTHANKTHANKK YOUK YOUK YOUK YOU