conclusion on ganga action plan
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The Ganges River is one of the most polluted rivers in the world yet is used by 500 million people for domestic, industrial, and agricultural purposes. Without proper waste management procedures, the waste generated from inhabitants and local industries have been thrown directly into the river, resulting in heavily polluted waters. People are using this contaminated water out of necessity and it is causing many to experience gastrointestinal diseases that can lead to death if untreated. The pollution has caused less dissolved oxygen to be available for aquatic life, resulting in a decrease of some plant and animal species.
Our research supports our hypothesis that the level of pollution in the Ganges has been relatively constant over time due to the lack of effective sewage treatment plants. The amount of pollution, measured by faecal coliform and biological oxygen demand (BOD) levels, are impacted by a number of factors dependent on the location at which the sample was collected. These factors include the flow of the river, the amount of aquatic life, the local population, and the number of nearby industries. These factors, along with our limited time and knowledge, prevent us from concluding that the river's overall levels of FC and BOD show any directional trend. However we can conclude that the pollution levels have been constant in the sense that they are consistently measured above the levels permissible for human consumption.
While the local government has implemented waste treatment facilities and water monitoring stations, these plans have been largely ineffective in improving the water quality to a level safe for inhabitant usage. Many of the treatment plants were not designed to treat the amount of waste generated in that area, leaving some plants unable to treat all of their waste while others are capable of treating more waste than they actually have. Some of the treatment plants are completely inoperable due to clogged or disconnected pipes unable to be repaired because of the lack of funding and skilled workers. The plants that are functioning experience frequent power outages that temporarily debilitate their ability to treat water. When plants are capable of treating the waste water, the clean water is often used for agricultural purposes instead of being placed into the river. While this benefits malnourished inhabitants by providing them with more crops, it decreases the flow of the river resulting in more concentrated amount of pollutants.
Our research points to the need for adequate fundraising in order to make required changes in the current system. Once funding is acquired, resources should be focused on repairing sewage treatment plants that are already built. Emphasis should be put on ensuring the treatment load matches the demands of the area, with leeway for the inevitable growing population. Funding must be invested in purchasing generators that allow treatment plants to run during the frequent power outages. A task force of qualified scientists and engineers must work together to train more individuals on running and maintaining the current systems in order to keep treatment malfunctions to a minimum. This is a multivariable problem with no easy solution, however strategic action must be a priority for the Indian government in order to improve the lives of inhabitants and the river ecosystem.
Our research supports our hypothesis that the level of pollution in the Ganges has been relatively constant over time due to the lack of effective sewage treatment plants. The amount of pollution, measured by faecal coliform and biological oxygen demand (BOD) levels, are impacted by a number of factors dependent on the location at which the sample was collected. These factors include the flow of the river, the amount of aquatic life, the local population, and the number of nearby industries. These factors, along with our limited time and knowledge, prevent us from concluding that the river's overall levels of FC and BOD show any directional trend. However we can conclude that the pollution levels have been constant in the sense that they are consistently measured above the levels permissible for human consumption.
While the local government has implemented waste treatment facilities and water monitoring stations, these plans have been largely ineffective in improving the water quality to a level safe for inhabitant usage. Many of the treatment plants were not designed to treat the amount of waste generated in that area, leaving some plants unable to treat all of their waste while others are capable of treating more waste than they actually have. Some of the treatment plants are completely inoperable due to clogged or disconnected pipes unable to be repaired because of the lack of funding and skilled workers. The plants that are functioning experience frequent power outages that temporarily debilitate their ability to treat water. When plants are capable of treating the waste water, the clean water is often used for agricultural purposes instead of being placed into the river. While this benefits malnourished inhabitants by providing them with more crops, it decreases the flow of the river resulting in more concentrated amount of pollutants.
Our research points to the need for adequate fundraising in order to make required changes in the current system. Once funding is acquired, resources should be focused on repairing sewage treatment plants that are already built. Emphasis should be put on ensuring the treatment load matches the demands of the area, with leeway for the inevitable growing population. Funding must be invested in purchasing generators that allow treatment plants to run during the frequent power outages. A task force of qualified scientists and engineers must work together to train more individuals on running and maintaining the current systems in order to keep treatment malfunctions to a minimum. This is a multivariable problem with no easy solution, however strategic action must be a priority for the Indian government in order to improve the lives of inhabitants and the river ecosystem.
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GANGA ACTION PLAN
The Ganga activity plan was, propelled by Shri Rajeev Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India on 14 Jan. 1986 with the primary goal of contamination reduction, to improve the water quality by Interception, Diversion and treatment of residential sewage and present harmful and mechanical compound squanders from distinguished horribly dirtying units entering in to the stream. Different goals of the Ganga Action Plan are as under.
- Control of non-point contamination from horticultural keep running off, human poop, steers floundering and tossing of unburnt and half consumed bodies into the waterway.
- Innovative work to save the biotic, decent variety of the waterway to expand its efficiency.
- New innovation of sewage treatment like Up-stream Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) and sewage treatment through afforestation has been effectively created.
- Recovery of delicate shelled turtles for contamination reduction of waterway have been exhibited and discovered valuable.
- Asset recuperation alternatives like creation of methane for vitality age and utilization of aquaculture for income age have been illustrated.
- To go about as trailblazer for making up comparative move designs in other terribly contaminated stretches in different streams.
- A definitive goal of the GAP is to have a methodology of incorporated waterway bowl the executives considering the different dynamic between activities among abiotic and biotic eco-framework.
- Despite some deferral in the consummation of the primary period of GAP it has created impressive intrigue and put things in place for advancing a national methodology towards imitating this program for the other contaminated waterways of the nation. The Government of India proposed to expand this model with reasonable adjustments to the national level through a National River Action Plan (NRAP). The NRAP for the most part draws upon the exercises took in and the experience picked up from the GAP other than looking for the perspectives on the State Governments and the other concerned Departments/Agencies.
- Under NRCP plot the CPCB had directed waterway bowl thinks about and had distinguished 19 gross contaminated stretches and 14 less dirtied stretches along 19 streams, which incorporate 11 stretches arranged along 7 streams of M.P.
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