4. SALIENT FEATURE
OF RIVER GANGA
TOTAL LENGTH 2,525 KM
Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand 1,450 km
Boundary between Uttar Pradesh and
Bihar
110 km
Bihar 445 km
West Bengal 520 km
Geographical area of India 3.28 million sq km
Reported area - river basins 3.05 million sq km
Catchment area - Ganga basin 8,61,404 sq km (26.4%)
Average annual discharge 4,93,400 million cubic metre
Tributaries Yamuna, Ramganga, Gomti, Ghaghara, Gandak , Kosi and
Kali
5. Sources Of Pollution
• Inadequate water flow needed to dilute and assimilate waste.
• Untreated sewage.
• Point source pollution from industries.
• Rapid growth of population and industries.
• Religious beliefs and rituals.
• Decrease in the number of bacteriophages.
• Look of fund
6. Present Situation
• Domestic Sewage: Sewage adds up to 85 percent of the river's pollution load.
The 2009 and 2013 CPCB estimates are shown in the table:
YEAR 2009 2013
Sewage generation(MLD) 2,638 2,723
Treatment Capacity(MLD) 1,174 1,208
Gap(MLD) 1,464 1,514
7. -2013 CPCB estimates show that 764 industries in
the mainstream of ganga consume 1,123 MLD of
water and discharge 500 MLD of effluent.
-STPs are ineffective because of factors like lack of
electricity, lack of connectivity with drains etc.
Industrial Wastewater:
8. -Ganga Action Plan
-The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NRBA)
-Save Ganga Movement
-Role of Major Activists
-Namami Ganga
Cleaning Efforts ... So far ..!!
9.
10. Namami Ganga
• In July 2014, the Government of India announced an integrated
Ganga development project titled "Namami Ganga" launched by
NDA Government and a sum of INR 2,037 Cr set aside for this
purpose.
• A sum of INR 100 Cr allocated for developments of Ghats and
beautification of River Fronts at Kedarnath, Haridwar, Kanpur,
Varanasi, Allahabad, Patna and Delhi in the current financial year.
• Namami Ganga builds on ongoing efforts of UPA, and plans for a
concrete action plan for future. The interventions at Ghats and River
fronts will facilitate better citizen connect and set the tone for river
centric urban planning process.
