three years to rejuvenate the river
7. Tackling
religious
refuge
Ganga. The collaboration is just to use
entering into the river, including
different arms of the Govt. in pursuing
cleaning of river surface and
the gigantic task of Ganga cleaning. The
ghats.
project has some specific issues like
1. Taking
measures
up
to
8. River- front development and
comprehensive
determine
and
maintain environmental flow of
Ganga round the year.
sewage
and also at other places of
cultural significance.
9. Development of public amenities
2. Rehabilitation and upgradation of
existing
ghats at selected seven places
treatment
facilities and taking up new
projects of sewage infrastructure.
in Char Dham Yatra and at
Ganga Sagar.
10. Engagement
of
Ganga
Task
Force.
3. Treatment of sewage and other
11. Providing support to states for
effluents flowing directly into the
preparation of Detailed Project
river through various drains by
Reports.
adoption of suitable technology
and financial models.
12. Coordination between various
Ministers of the Central Govt.
4. Tackling industrial pollution.
and
5. Promoting sanitation in rural
capacity building of State Govt.
areas on the banks of the river
urban local bodies and Panchayat
Ganga and development of select
Raj Institutions.
village panchayats
as
model
Panchayats to be christened as
“Ganga grams”.
6. Tackling pollution coming from
use of chemical fertilizer and
pesticides.
concerned
State
Ghats;
13. GIS and special mapping of
Ganga basin.
14. Research
project
including
Ganga River Basin Management
Plan.
15. Establishment
of
“
National
Ganga Monitoring Centre”.
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