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GANGA ACTION PLAN, treatment of domestic sewage
toxic wastes from…
GANGA ACTION PLAN
Main Objectives
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- To divert the sewers away from the river
- The Construction of community toilets
- Setting up treatment plants
- To develop Ghats and interceptions
- Treating the sewage and changing it into an energy source
- To develop a solid waste management system
- Establishment of crematoria
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Overview
Benefits
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Gave importance to conserving biodiversity, developing an integrated river basin management approach, and gaining experience for implementing similar river clean-up programs in other polluted rivers in India.
Need
Main objective of GAP was to improve the water quality of Ganga to acceptable standards by preventing the pollution load reaching the river.
Drains from factories do pollute Ganga, but it's the government-run sewage systems that are the biggest contributors to the filth flowing into the river.
However, in a meeting of the Monitoring Committee in June, 1987, the objective of GAP was recast as restoring the river water quality to the 'Bathing Class' standard.
Brief Introduction
The Ganga action plan was, launched by Shri Rajeev Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India on 14 Jan.
1986's Main objectives
Pollution abatement, and industrial chemical wastes from identified grossly polluting units entering in to the river.
To improve the water quality by Interception, Diversion and treatment of domestic sewage and present toxic
Ganga Action Plan abbreviated as (GAP) is one of the longest and ambitious government interventions which have significantly influenced policies for controlling water pollution in India.
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What was the need of Ganga action plan? Ans.The plan aimed in preventing the entry of toxic and industrial chemical wastes to the river. Ganga action plan was started with the objective of pollution abatement from river Ganga.
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(i)To improve the water quality by Interception, Diversion and treatment of domestic sewage and
(ii) Present toxic and industrial chemical wastes from identified grossly polluting units entering in to the river.
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- treatment of domestic sewage
- toxic wastes from identified point sources of pollution.
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By- Abir, Vikhyaat and Kabir
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