Critically examine the challenges for ‘Namami Gange’ mission – India’s most ambitious endeavour to clean the Ganga river. (200 words)
Refer – The Hindu
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IAS Parliament 6 years
KEY POINTS
· Most of the Ganga is polluted and it is due to five States on the river’s main stem Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal.
· Industrial pollution from tanneries in Kanpur, distilleries, paper and sugar mills in the Kosi, Ramganga and Kali river catchments is a major contributor.
· So far, the State governments only have concentrated on superficially cleaning the river by using trash skimmers and improving crematoria-infrastructure.
· Insufficient capacity – Approximately 12,000 million litres a day (MLD) of sewage is generated in the Ganga basin, for which there is currently a treatment capacity of just 4,000 MLD is available.
· This is mainly due to
a) non-availability of land
b) slow progress of work by contractors
c) delay in execution of projects
· Shortage of human resource is also one of the major challenges.
· Unused funds – A financial audit also suggested that while Rs. 20,601 crore had been sanctioned for 193 projects, only Rs. 4,254 crore had actually been spent on their implementation.
Shankaranand 6 years
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IAS Parliament 6 years
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