River Ganga is getting increasingly polluted from the inevitable human
intervention in the pureness it carries as it exits from the womb of her
mother. During its course, Ganga collects large amounts of human
pollutants through highly populous areas. These populous areas, and
other people downstream, are then exposed to these potentially hazardous
accumulations. It does not end with this, the bacteria levels are more
than 100 times higher than the limits set by the government. From
washing clothes to dumping bodies, the river’s purity is assail every
day and in spite of the alarming levels of pollution, people continue to
use the water to drink and take a bath.
1-The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) must take the full responsibility of the protection of our national river. Since the Ganga flows through many states, it would be the best if NGRBA takes the full responsibility of making and keeping the Ganga and its tributaries completely and permanently free from pollution through time-bound steps, leaving no scope for the central and state government authorities blaming each other for the failures.
2-Entry of hazardous chemicals from agricultural run-off into the rivers must be prevented through promotion of organic farming in a massive way.
3-Environmental ethics must be taught as a part of the syllabus on ethics which must be taught as a compulsory subject, both at the school as well as at the college level.
4-An adequate flow of natural fresh water must be allowed to flow on the Yamuna bed throughout the stretch of the river throughout the year not only to protect and preserve its ecology but also to meet the drinking water needs of the cities, towns and villages situated on its banks.
5-We should cooperate with government as our rivers are the source of drinking water for crores of people and STPs cannot convert sewage into potable water. We must discontinue the present policy of allowing treated sewage into our rivers. Sewers must be separated from rivers and sewage must be converted into natural manure for organic farming. Industrial effluents and hospital wastes, treated or untreated, must not be allowed to enter into the rivers and must not also be allowed to mix with the sewage. Industries must treat their effluents and use only the recycled water.
6-Treatment of the sewage for converting it into natural manure through “Pond System” and “Plant Based Management of Sewage and Waste Treatment”, which are the cheapest and durable and need least management and electricity, should be preferred wherever possible. A massive time-bound plantation programme on the banks of the river Ganga from Gangotri to Ganga Sagar, along with the development of constructed wetlands for sewage treatment in major cities on the banks of the rivers needs to be carried out on a large scale.
- SU150160
1-The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) must take the full responsibility of the protection of our national river. Since the Ganga flows through many states, it would be the best if NGRBA takes the full responsibility of making and keeping the Ganga and its tributaries completely and permanently free from pollution through time-bound steps, leaving no scope for the central and state government authorities blaming each other for the failures.
2-Entry of hazardous chemicals from agricultural run-off into the rivers must be prevented through promotion of organic farming in a massive way.
3-Environmental ethics must be taught as a part of the syllabus on ethics which must be taught as a compulsory subject, both at the school as well as at the college level.
4-An adequate flow of natural fresh water must be allowed to flow on the Yamuna bed throughout the stretch of the river throughout the year not only to protect and preserve its ecology but also to meet the drinking water needs of the cities, towns and villages situated on its banks.
5-We should cooperate with government as our rivers are the source of drinking water for crores of people and STPs cannot convert sewage into potable water. We must discontinue the present policy of allowing treated sewage into our rivers. Sewers must be separated from rivers and sewage must be converted into natural manure for organic farming. Industrial effluents and hospital wastes, treated or untreated, must not be allowed to enter into the rivers and must not also be allowed to mix with the sewage. Industries must treat their effluents and use only the recycled water.
6-Treatment of the sewage for converting it into natural manure through “Pond System” and “Plant Based Management of Sewage and Waste Treatment”, which are the cheapest and durable and need least management and electricity, should be preferred wherever possible. A massive time-bound plantation programme on the banks of the river Ganga from Gangotri to Ganga Sagar, along with the development of constructed wetlands for sewage treatment in major cities on the banks of the rivers needs to be carried out on a large scale.
- SU150160
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