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List out the initiatives taken by the governments to clean river Ganga. ​

Answer 1

Many Initiatives has been taken by our country to clean rivers by Central Water Commission . Some of the major movements are the following :

• Namami Gange Yojana
• Clean Ganga Project
• Ganga Rejuvenation Act
• Save Ganga Movement
• Yamuna Action Plan
• Ganga Action Plan

Answer 2

Answer:

Open defecation, bathing & washing clothes on the banks of river. Dumping corpses into the river. Religious offerings such as flowers, ashes etc. Flow of river is decreasing because of Dams, pumping stations, encroachments and the garbage that was dumped in the river.

so,

The Ganga Action Plan or GAP was a program launched by Rajiv Gandhi in April 1986 to reduce the pollution load on the river. But the efforts to decrease the pollution level in the river became abortive even after spending ₹ 9017.1 million (~190 million USD adjusting to inflation