Question

Read the newspaper article given below and list down any five reasons for river pollution. Also name any
two programmes launched by the government to revive dying rivers.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Discharge of domestic

industrial effluent wastes,

leakage from water tanks,

marine dumping,

radioactive waste

atmospheric deposition are major causes of water pollution.

Heavy metals that disposed off

industrial waste can accumulate in lakes

river, proving harmful to humans and animals.

Explanation:

One of the important steps undertaken by the government to reduce river pollution is the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP), a national, top-down programme targeting the domestic pollution that goes into the surface water. Launched in 1985, NRCP started its work with the Ganga Action Plan.