THE GANGA WAIT THE GANGA: WAIT TING FOR GODOT TING FOR GODOT Presentation by: Banjot Kaur, C Correspondent, Down To Earth
Holy River, U Unholy attempts H y R , U U y p Ganga Action Plan I IN 1986 Ganga Action Plan I IN 1986 Ganga Action Plan II IN 1993 Closure of GAP I in 2000 (10 years delay Closure of GAP I in 2000 (10 years delay Yamuna Action Plan I in 2003 Yamuna Action Plan II in 2004 Y A P II NGBRA in 2004 Finance min announces Namami Gange in budget in g g July 2014 y Cabinet approval in May 2015, Rs 22000cr sanctio oned, decline 2019 NMCG, formed in 2011, became authority via gaze etted notification in October 2016 O b May 2018: Gadkari declared the Ganga would be c cleaned by 2020, 70- 80% by March 2019 y
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PROJECTS STATUS Till August 31, 2018) ) 236 sanctioned, 63 completed R Rs 22323.37 sanctioned, Rs 5291.78 spent d R 114 sewage projects sanctioned, 27 completed completed River front/ghats : 70 sanctioned, 27 completed Institutional devpt: Rs 1069.92cr sanctioned, Rs 37.06cr completed Afforestation: Rs 236.56cr sanctioned, Rs ff d 114 cr completed Source: NMCG Source: NMCG
UTTAR P UTTAR P RADESH RADESH 33 Sanctioned/ /8 completed Sewer line: 110 08 km laid/1643km Ghats/cremato oria: 81 sanctioned/7 completed l t d
Output of Kanpur tanneries
BIH BIH HAR HAR Sewage: 21 san nctioned/0 completed l S Sewer line: 172 l 22.36km k sanctioned/38 /3 1.63km completed 3 p G Ghats/cremato / oria/riverfront: 5 / 5 sanctioned/0 c ompleted
WEST B WEST B BENGAL BENGAL 16 sewage proje 16 sewage proje ects sanctioned/2 ects sanctioned/2 completed Sewer line: 627 7km laid/1001.68km sanctioned i d Ghats.cremator Gh t t ria: 24 completed/31 i 24 l t d/31 sanctioned
JHARK JHARK KHAND KHAND Sewage: 2 sanc ctioned/0 completed l S Sewer line: 38.7 l 78km laid/89km k l d k sanctioned G Ghats/cremato / oria/riverfront: 0 / completed/4 sa anctioned
UTTARA UTTARA AKHAND AKHAND 32 sewage proje ects sanctioned, 15 completed l d
LACK OF F BASIN APPRO APPRO OACH OACH IIT IIT report prep pared in Rs 16 crore for d i R 6 f basin approach pp lies dumped p There are abou ut 90 cities all of main stem on the rive r which are on govt’s radar, none inclu radar none inclu uded outside stem lying in uded outside stem lying in the basin
E-FL E FL LOW LOW Challenge is not to cle an the river but save the river 59% baseflow amount r reduced from 1970s to 2016: IIT Kharagpur’s Abhij IIT Kharagpur’s Abhij ijeet Mukherjee ijeet Mukherjee 14 ongoing and 14 pro g g p oposed projects on p p j Bhagrirathi and Alakn nanda basins: WWI report G D A G D Agarwal’s strugg l gle l Govt s E-flow notifica Govt’s E flow notifica ation: A bluff ation: A bluff
Twin pit toilets a fad, but no solution No though give en to sludge management
GOVER NANCE GLITC GLITC CHES CHES GAP vs Namami Gange: Co- -ordination of departments, IIT- Kanpur’s Vinod Tare says bo K ’ Vi d T b oth are one and the same th d th No monitoring of MoUs with g 10 ministries PM-led National Ganga Cou uncil has never met Water Resources minister led task force met only thrice since 2017, supposed to meet once every three months NMCG director post: musica al chairs: 7 people in six months No bottom-up approach N b tt h
FINANC CES OF CLEA CLEA AN-UP AN UP More than Rs 986 6 crores spent in GAP I and II II IIT: 1 paise per litr IIT p s p re Cost overruns mult tiple times: Extended p deadlines Planning of finance Pl f f es: UP SAAP, 2016— UP SAAP Sewer line cost in G Ganga basin towns is more than Rs 5k crore
WILL GANG A BE EVER CLE CLE EAN? EAN? It will take 200 year rs to clean the Ganga considering your lin considering your lin ne of action: SC to govt in ne of action: SC to govt in 2014 Not a drop has bee en cleaned: NGT in 2017 It is an ever going p process: IIT-Kanpur’s Vinod T Tare OR WILL IT KE EEP WAITING FOR GODOT?
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