Newsletter No. 48;
IRBMS; June-July, 2015
Narmada River
Phase II of Ganga Action Plan:
was
sewage, setting up of sewage treatment
launched in the year 1985 to improve the
plants, creation of low cost sanitation
water quality of river Ganga, and
facilities,
completed in March 2000.
improved wood crematoria and river
Phase II of the Programme was approved
front development. GAP phase II is
in stages from 1993 onward which
currently
included tributaries viz. Yamuna, Gomti,
sewage treatment capacity of 1064
Damodar and Mahananda. Pollution
million ltr. /day has so far been created.
abatement works undertaken include
The principal objective of the project is
interruption and diversion of raw
to fund creation of pollution abatement
Ganga
Action
plan,
Phase-I
setting
under
up
of
electric
implementation.
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