Question

The Ganga action plan -a project to clean up the polluted water of Ganga, plans to intercept and divert municipal sewage falling into the river from 25 large urban conglomerates in three states. Name these three states 

1. Uttarakhand, UP, Bihar
2. UP, Punjab, Bihar
3. UP, Bihar, west Bengal
4. UP, Delhi, Bihar​

Answer 1

The Ganga action plan -a project to clean up the polluted water of Ganga, plans to intercept and divert municipal sewage falling into the river from 25 large urban conglomerates in three states. Name these three states

The correct answer is :

3. UP, Bihar, West Bengal

Explanation :

The Ganga action plan -a project to clean up the polluted water of Ganga, plans to intercept and divert municipal sewage falling into the river from 25 large urban conglomerates in three states, UP, Bihar, West Bengal.

The Ganga Action Plan was an action plan started in 1985 to clean the river Ganga. Under this plan, the pollution-causing factors in the Ganga were to be stopped and the water quality of the river Ganga was to be improved.

The states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal were included in this plan. An attempt was made to make Ganga clean by removing sewage pipes, garbage, factory effluents, etc., falling into the Ganges river from where it flows.

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Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is (C)- UP, Bihar, west Bengal.

Explanation:

• In 1986, the Ganga action plan was launched with the aim of cleaning up the river Ganga. GAP was directed by Rajiv Gandhi. It is headed by chief and Prime ministers of states where the river ganga flows.

GAP was divided into two phases:

1.  Phase-I started in 1985- Uttar Pradesh (UP), Bihar and West Bengal (WB).
2. Phase-II of GAP was launched in 1993- in 7 cities Uttarakhand, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Delhi and Haryana.

About Phase -1 :

How it all started:

• In 1984, the CPCB conducted a survey that led to this plan.
• Approximately 1340 million liters per day (mld) of sewage was generated in 1985 by 25 Class 1 towns, as estimated by the CPCB.

Work in Phase -1 and results:

• The GAP Phase-1 only included pollution abatement works corresponding to 882 mld (65% at that point in time) due to resource constraints.
• An amount of Rs. 462 crore was sanctioned to eliminate pollution in 25 towns in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Bihar, with a total of 261 projects.
• On 31st March 2000, GAP-1 was closed. As part of this plan, 865 mld of sewage could be treated.