1. Taking help from the verbal input given below along with your own views, write an article on ‘Cleaning and Rejuvenating the Ganga’. You are Nikhi/Neha. Hints: • Cleaning the Ganga • an unprecedented national social effort • Govt, committed to clean and rejuvenate the Ganga • SC not satisfied • a time bond proposal to fulfill the mission • inland waterways • river navigation • extending sewerage infrastructure • prevent open defecation • restoring wholesomeness of the Ganga • development of ghats • Zero liquid discharge by industries • provisions for public amenities for pilgrims and tourists.
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Cleaning and Rejuvenating Ganga
India is a land of rivers. India would be a desert without these rivers. India has both perennial as well as seasonal rivers. Indian rivers are the lifeline for all life forms in the country. They not only are the backbone of Indian agriculture, but also the mainstay of Indian economy. They supply uninterrupted power to millions of large scale and small scale industries. They run the nation.
The Ganges is the most significant river in India. Its beauty is ineffable at Gangotri and throughout the Himalayas. On its banks are situated most pious pilgrimages where millions of people visit every year. The scenic beauty of the Ganges has made it famous all across the world. At Rishikesh its beauty culminates. As soon as it enters plains, passes through cities, towns, and villages, people use it as dumping channel as a result of which it assumes the form of a colossal sewage channel.
Big cities such as Allahabad, Kanpur, Varanasi and Patna located on its banks dump millions of tons of liquid and solid waste into it in the form of toxic effluents into it.
Though Indian Government has launched many projects to reclaim the beauty and purity of river through programmes such as Clean Ganga Mission, the desired objectives have not been achieved. The basic cause underlying the pollution of the river is the people’s attitude. People along with the Government must shoulder the responsibility of maintaining cleanliness in the river.
People and Government must ensure there is no pollution of rivers by dumping any waste such as, sewage, effluents, and other toxic substances. Installation of effluents treatment plants at industrial, garbage, and sewage units is a must to make Ganges clean! Only by being the proactive stewards of this rare life-supporting element can we preserve and conserve it.
Answer:
CLEANING AND REJUVENATING THE GANGA
Explanation:
The Ganga is not merely a river for all the Indians and more particularly to
the Hindus, but it is the lifeline of India and the physical and spiritual
nourisher of crores of its people. It is a symbol of India‟s great heritage,
ancient traditions, cultures, songs and stories. We can‟t think of India
without the Ganga and the Himalayas. Unfortunately, the sacred Ganga has
become one of the most polluted rivers of the world in recent years.
Fortunately, the Modi government has shown its commitment to clean and
rejuvenate the Ganga. Uma Bharti heads a specially created ministry for
cleaning the holy river. Cleaning the Ganga will be an unprecedented
national social effort. What makes the Ganga a heavily polluted river?
Various factors and causes contribute to make the river what it is. The worst
criminals are more than one thousand industries that discharge their toxic
wastes into the river. The government will have to take strict measures to
treat solid and liquid discharges making them totally pollution free. The
sewerage infrastructure will have to be exteftded and updated. The people
residing on the banks will be involved and enlightened. Burning and
throwing of dead bodies into the river must be stopped. Open defecation on
the banks will have to be stopped.
Development of ghats at Kedamath, Haridwar, Varanasi, Kanpur, Allahabad
and Patna is an important feature of the plan. Provisions for public
amenities for pilgrims and tourists will be made. Inland waterways river
navigation will be another priority.