The document discusses the environmental challenges faced by the Ganges River, including its high levels of pollution and threats to aquatic life. It outlines the Ganga Action Plan initiated by the Indian government to improve water quality, detailing its various phases, failures, and proposed new policies under Prime Minister Modi's initiative. The ultimate goal is to prevent untreated sewage from entering the river by 2020.

1. Ganga action plan
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2. WATER POLLUTION
In simple terms ..
“contamination of water bodies”
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3. THE RIVER GANGES
 Trans 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.
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4. THE GANGES PLAN..
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5. SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE OF
GANGA
 According 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.
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7. 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.
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8. 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
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9. WATER QUALITY OF VARANASI
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10. CREMATION AT MANIKARNIKA GHAT
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11. POINT AND NON POINT SOURCES
OF POLLUTION
 Runoff 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.
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12. GANGA ACTION PLAN
 In 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.
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13. 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
• Expenditure
till now
10986
crores
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14. FAILURE OF GAP-1 AND GAP-11
 Non 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.
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15. GOVERNMENT IN ACTION AGAIN
 The 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.
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16. PRIME MINISTER PLANS NEW
POLICY TO CLEAN GANGA
 NEW 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.
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17. MEDIUM AND LONG TERM
STRATEGY
MEDIUM 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.
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18. LONG TERM PLAN:
 To emerge Ganga river basin management
plan(GRBMP) being prepared by
consortium of 7 IITs.
--(a report received by IIT
consortium).
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19. MISSION CLEAN GANGA
 Objective: “by year 2020, no
untreated municipal sewage and
industrial effluents flow into Ganga”
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20. FUTURE THREAT!!
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21. ANY QUIRIES!!?
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22. EXPRESSING GRATITUDE..
THANK YOU
ONE AND ALL
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23. BIBILOGRAPHY..
 www.slideshare.com
 www.tskchander.blogspot.in
 www.wikipedia.com
 www.namamigangeplan.com
 www.gangaactionplan.com
 STATUS PAPER ON RIVER
GANGA..national river conservation
directorate ministry of forest and
environment VARANASI ,
UTTAR PRADESH
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