2. National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) is a
centrally sponsored scheme being implemented by
the central Government jointly with the State
Government on a cost-sharing basis(70:30). The
scheme presently cover identified polluted
stretches of 39 major rivers in 185 towns spread
over 20 States in the country.
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4. (i) Interception and Diversion works to
capture the raw sewage flowing into the river
through open drains and divert them for
treatment . (I&D)
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5. (ii) Sewage Treatment Plants for treating
the diverted sewage. (STP)
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6. (iii) Low Cost Sanitation works to prevent
open defecation on river banks . (LCS)
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7. (iv) Electric Crematoria and Improved Wood
Crematoria to conserve the use of wood and
help in ensuring proper cremation of bodies
brought to the buring ghats. (EC&IWC)
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8. (v) River Front Development works such as
improvement of bathing ghats etc. (RED)
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9. (vi) Other Measures like plantation,
public awareness etc.
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10. Shortcomings in Implementation
A town approach adopted instead of a
holistic river basin approach before
constitution of the National Ganga River
Basin Authority (NGRBA).
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11. (i) Increasing gap between requirement of
Sewage treatment infrastructure and actual
pollution load being tackled due to continuous
increase in population in towns along the river
banks, inadequate financial resources invested
in river cleaning.
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12. (ii) Delays in completion of schemes due to
lack of inter-agency coordination at field
level, delays in acquisition of land for STPs
& Pumping stations, contractual problems,
court cases, etc. leading to cost overruns.
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13. (iii) Shortage of Skilled manpower and
regular staff and inadequate provision of
funds by the States and ULBs for O&M of the
sewage treatment infrastructure.
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14. (iv) Erratic/ non-availability of power supply
for operation of operation of assets, under –
utilization of STPs, in some cases , due to
non-conveyance of sewage generated in the
absence of upstream systems such as branch
sewers & house connections.
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15. (v) Lack of involvement of civil society in
the programme.
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