(The Gist of PIB) PM inaugurates Six Major Projects in Uttarakhand to make River Ganga Nirmal and Aviral

(THE GIST OF PIB) PM inaugurates Six Major Projects in Uttarakhand to make River Ganga Nirmal and Aviral

[October-2020]

PM inaugurates Six Major Projects in Uttarakhand to make River Ganga Nirmal and Aviral

• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated 6 mega development projects in Uttarakhand under the Namami Gange Mission today through video conference. 
• The projects include construction and upgradation of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs). 

PM also highlighted the four-pronged strategy that helped rejuvenate river Ganga:

• Network of STPs to prevent the waste water from flowing into the river.
• STPs were built by keeping in mind the demands for the next 10-15 years.
• 100 big towns/cities and 5000 villages along the river were made Open Defecation Free.
• An all-out effort was made to stop pollution in the tributaries of River Ganga.
• Namami Gange is an Integrated Conservation Mission to accomplish the twin objectives of effective abatement of pollution, conservation and rejuvenation of River Ganga.

Main pillars of the mission are: 

• Riverfront development, Conservation of Aquatic life and biodiversity. Creating Sewerage Treatment Capacity, Afforestation, Industrial Effluent Monitoring, Development of Ganga Gram etc. 
• It is being implemented by National Mission for Clean Ganga, and its state counterparts— State Programme Management Groups.

Some issues faced in implementation: 

• The poor performance in rehabilitating old STPs, 
• To less water flow level in Ganga, 
• To poor sludge management, 
• To lack of coordination between various agencies etc.

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