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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Time running out for the Ganga: PM-Aarti Dhar

Time running out for the Ganga: PM-Aarti Dhar

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published Published on Apr 18, 2012   modified Modified on Apr 18, 2012

Observing that time was running out to save the Ganga, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked States to take action against industries polluting the river.

Addressing the third meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) here on Tuesday, Dr. Singh expressed unhappiness over the States' efforts in sewage treatment.

He asked the State governments to send proposals for new sewage treatment plants, for which adequate funding was available with the Centre. Over 2,900 million litres of sewage was discharged into the river daily.

(Last month, three non-official members of the Authority — Ravi Chopra, Rajendra Singh and R.H. Siddiqui — put in their papers, charging the Prime Minister with being indifferent to the cause.)

Dr. Singh reiterated his and the government's commitment to conserving the Ganga: “We should remember that our efforts in the past have not been very successful. Therefore, we must together show a renewed and sincere commitment in both thought and action to make a definite change in the situation. We must find the right balance between the need for environmental and ecological conservation of the Ganga and its basin on the one hand and the imperatives of growth and development on the other.”

Pointing out that the State Pollution Control Boards should monitor the compliance with effluent discharge standards and take action against defaulting industries, Dr. Singh said industrial effluents, though only 20 per cent of total effluents, were a cause for major concern as they were toxic and non-biodegradable. “Time is not on our side and we have to act quickly,” Dr. Singh said, adding that the solutions to these issues should not be piecemeal but meet the test of scientific reasoning.

Dr. Singh said in order to formulate long-term policies and actions, the Ministry of Environment and Forests commissioned a consortium of seven Indian Institutes of Technology to prepare a comprehensive River Basin Management Plan for the Ganga. The plan would recommend measures to restore and maintain the ecological health of the river, giving due regard to the competing water uses.

The Hindu, 18 April, 2012, http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article3325945.ece


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