Question

What is ganga action plan?

Answer 1

The Ganga is the largest river in India with an extraordinary religious importance for Hindus. Situated along its banks are some of the world's oldest inhabited cities like Varanasi and Patna. It provides water to about 40% of India's population across 11 states

Answer 2

Answer:

Ganga is one of the ten most endangered rivers in the world. Everyday it is polluted by the disposal of large quantities of garbage, untreated sewage, dead bodies and many other harmful things.The river is dead at many places where the pollution level are so high that aquatic life cannot survive.

Ganga Action Plan or GAP was launched by Government of India in April 1985 in order to reduce the pollution load on the river Ganga.The program was launched with much fanfare, but it terribly failed to decrease the pollution level in the river, after spending 901.71 crore rupees over a period of 15 years.

This plan aimed to reduce pollution level by -

1.Treating domestic sewage.

2.Build electric crematoria.

3.Reducing industrial waste.