Which is the main cause of pollution in the Ganges river?

Which is the main cause of pollution in the Ganges river?

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The main causes of water pollution in the Ganga river are the disposal of human sewage and animal waste, increasing population density, and disposal of industrial waste into the river.

Q. Which of the following represents a cultural difference between the Incas and Aztecs?

Which of the following represents cultural difference between the Incas and Aztecs? The incas attempted to create an over-arching political state and made conscious attempts to integrate their empire as a unit, while aztecs did less in this regard.

Q. Which river is most closely associated with Hinduism?

Ganges River

Q. Was Ganga Action Plan successful?

The Ganga Action Plan launched in 1986 by the Government of India has not achieved any success despite expenditure of approximately 2,000 crore rupees.

Q. What are the main features of Ganga Action Plan?

Main features of the Ganga Action Plan are:

  • Pollution abatement of the river Ganga.
  • Improve the water quality by.
  • To identify grossly polluting.
  • Research and Development to.
  • Resource recovery options like production of methane for energy generation and use of aquaculture for revenue generation.

Q. What is the major concern of Ganga Action Plan?

The major concerns of Ganga Action Plan: ☆ To intersect and treat the raw sewage flowing through directly into the river. ☆ To ensure and enforce, efficient treatment of industrial waste. ☆ To monitor the quality of river water.

Q. Why was Ganga Action Plan a failure?

One of the failures of the Ganga Action plan was that it was a completely bureaucratic exercise, top-down, end of the pipe interventions. Lack of data on the water use and wastewater generation ensured that the plans failed mierably.

Q. What are the disadvantages of Ganga Action Plan?

Some of them are as funny as they are tragic.

  • Inadequate capacity building. Under Phase 1 of the GAP, the sewage estimates were based on population and water supply rate, with sewage generation assumed to be 80 percent of the water supplied.
  • No power to run the STPs.
  • Faulty planning.

Q. What is the progress of Ganga Action Plan?

VARANASI: The Ganga Action Plan (GAP) Phase-II project which should have been completed by March this year in Varanasi, has so far attained only 12% progress. If this remains the pace of work one can imagine how the Mission Clean Ganga will be achieved by 2020.

Q. When did Ganga Action Plan start?

Jan

Q. What are the causes of Ganga Action Plan?

GANGA ACTION PLAN

  • Control of non-point pollution from agricultural run off, human defecation, cattle wallowing and throwing of unburnt and half burnt bodies into the river.
  • Research and Development to conserve the biotic, diversity of the river to augment its productivity.

Q. Which states are included in Ganga Action Plan?

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StateTowns
UttarPradeshHaridwar,Rishikesh, Faridabad & Fatehgarh, Allahabad, Kanpur, Varanasi, Mirzapur.
BiharChapra, Bhagalpur, Munger, Patna.

Q. Which state has the highest number of towns selected for Ganga Action Plan 1?

West Bengal

Q. What is Ganga Action Plan Class 8?

The Ganga Action plan was launched in India on 14th January 1986 by Rajiv Gandhi. Its main objective was to protect the river from the hazards of pollution. It aims at improving the quality of its water and preventing further pollution. It acts by preventing the industrial waste from being dumped into the waters.

Q. Why was Ganga Action Plan launched STD 10?

Ganga Action Plan was launched by Rajiv Gandhi in India on January 14, 1986. The main aim of this plan was to protect the river Ganga from further more pollution. It was launched to improve the quality of water treatment of the sewage, interception and other methods, also to prevent the mixing of the industrial wastes.

Q. What is Ganga Action Plan 12?

The Ganga Action Plan was initiated on 14 January in the year 1985. Its main goal was to minimize contamination, enhance water quality in the Ganga River through diversion and treatment of domestic sewage and hazardous waste from established pollution sources.

Q. What action has been taken to preserve the river Ganga?

The Ganga Action Plan or GAP was a program launched by Rajiv Gandhi in April 1986 to reduce the pollution load on the river. But the efforts to decrease the pollution level in the river became abortive even after spending ₹ 9017.1 million (~190 million USD adjusting to inflation).

Q. Which steps should be taken for cleaning the rivers?

9 tips for keeping our lakes and rivers clean

  1. Use mulch and vegetation to keep soil from washing away.
  2. Sweep or rake grass and leaves away from street curbs.
  3. Mulch and compost grass clippings and leaves.
  4. Keep paved surfaces to a minimum.
  5. Capture water runoff with a rain garden and rain barrels.
  6. Wash your car on the grass, where the water will get filtered.

Q. Why should we save Ganga?

Rivers have the ability to clean themselves—to assimilate and treat biological waste using sunlight and oxygen. But the Ganga gets no time to breathe and revive. There are more settlements and many more people who live along its banks. All take water and return only waste.

Q. Which agency will best ensure a clean Ganga?

Namami Gange is being implemented by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), and its state counterparts—State Programme Management Groups.

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