Title/Subject:
Cleaning Ganga: Namami Gange

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Kanhaiya Singh

Kanhaiyasingh.in@gmail.com

(Views Expressed are Personal)

Under preparation not to be quoted

PIB: RM/RS- USQ782 - RS (Release ID: 93044) Ministry of Environment and Forests05-March, 2013 17:03 IST

Ganga Action Plan(GAP) is being implemented since 1985 for undertaking pollution abatement activities in the identified polluted stretches of river Ganga through implementation of works like interception and diversion of sewage, setting up of sewage treatment plants, low cost sanitation works, crematoria work etc. Total Sewage Treatment capacity of 1091 million liters per day (mld) has been created under the GAP. With the pollution abatement works completed so far, despite significant increase in urbanization, industrialization and growth in population in cities along the banks of river Ganga, the water quality in terms of BOD (Bio-chemical Oxygen Demand) values reported to have improved as compared to the pre-GAP water quality on major monitoring locations. However, the levels of bacterial contamination in terms of fecal coliform are reported to be exceeding the maximum permissible limit at several locations. This was stated by Shrimati Jayanthi Natarajan Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment and Forests, in the Rajya Sabha today, in a written reply to a question by Shri Avinash Pande

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Authored Dr Kanhaiya Singh

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2013

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Report

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Environment

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Report-2

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