Question

the activities of ganga action plan phrase 1 ,initiated in 1985 were declared merge to national river conservation plan why ? write its major achievement

Answer 1

The Ganga Action Plan was launched on 14 January, 1986 by the Prime Minister Rajeev Gandhi. Its goal was to reduce the pollution level, to improve the quality of water by Interception, Diversion and treatment of domestic sewage and present toxic and industrial chemical wastes from identified grossly polluting units entering in to the river. Though there was some delay in the completion of the first phase of GAP, it set the scene for evolving a national approach towards replicating the program for other rivers of the country.