Ganga Cleanup Project

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Israel offers help in Ganga cleaning project

New Delhi: Israel has expressed interest in sharing its expertise on water purification and waste water treatment under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project for cleaning river Ganga. The Centre had set a target of three years to rejuvenate the polluted holy river Ganga and has formed an integrated plan 'Namaami Gange' in this regard. "We have already met the Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti and the concerned Secretary few times, we want to be involved. We offered our knowledge, technology and technical know-how (for the project)," Israel's Head of Economic and Trade Mission Yonatan Ben-Zaken said. Speaking on sidelines of a seminar on 'Water Security & Waste Water Management', he said Israel is known for its capabilities and expertise in waste water treatment, purification and water reuse for agriculture and industry. "We are in talks and we think that cleaning industrial pollutants from the river (Ganga) should be first priority," Yonatan said. Emphasising on the need to make Ganga rejuvenation a mass movement, Modi had yesterday said the first priority of the Namaami Gange mission should be to prevent fresh generation of pollutants. Modi was chairing the first high level meeting of the mission. As many as 11 Israeli companies participated at the seminar, which was a B2B (business-to-business) interaction between Israeli and Indian companies. The companies included Aqwise, Biopetroclean, Amiad, Ayala Aqua and Nisco. The 25 Indian companies that were invited for the event included L&T, Punj Lloyd, IVRCL, Essar, Engineers India Ltd (EIL), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) and National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).
Israel offers help in Ganga cleaning project - IBNLive

 

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Ganga clean-up project: Inspection of 108 nullahs begins

NEW DELHI: Inspection of 108 nullahs of river Ganga were initiated on Saturday by special teams constituted by the NDA government as part of its ambitious project to cleanse the polluted holy river. The move comes within the deadline of 45 days, which the the ministry of water resource and Ganga Rejuvenation had fixed for launching the cleaning process of the river. "Official teams have started inspecting 108 nullahs of river Ganga from Saturday, marking the start of the massive project. They would be submitting the report in a couple of days," top ministry sources said.
About 120 teams of officials drawn from different wings of the ministry have been were constituted to study various aspects of 118 places along the rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Ramganga. "Of these, 39 groups are inspecting the Sewage Treatment Plants (STP). Some STPs are working, a few may non- functional, while other require upgradation," the sources said, adding that action would be taken on STPs based on the reports.
Inspection is part of the short term measures, which the ministry has designed to rejuvenate the river.
It may be recalled that the Centre has allocated Rs 2,037 crore for an integrated programme for the conservation of river Ganga named 'Namami Gange'.
Ganga clean-up project: Inspection of 108 nullahs begins - The Times of India

 

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Ganga clean-up project: Inspection of 108 nullahs begins

Ganga clean-up project: Inspection of 108 nullahs begins

NEW DELHI: Inspection of 108 nullahs of river Ganga were initiated on Saturday by special teams constituted by the NDA government as part of its ambitious project to cleanse the polluted holy river.

The move comes within the deadline of 45 days, which the the ministry of water resource and Ganga Rejuvenation had fixed for launching the cleaning process of the river.

"Official teams have started inspecting 108 nullahs of river Ganga from Saturday, marking the start of the massive project. They would be submitting the report in a couple of days," top ministry sources said.

About 120 teams of officials drawn from different wings of the ministry have been were constituted to study various aspects of 118 places along the rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Ramganga.

"Of these, 39 groups are inspecting the Sewage Treatment Plants (STP). Some STPs are working, a few may non-functional, while other require upgradation," the sources said, adding that action would be taken on STPs based on the reports.

Inspection is part of the short term measures, which the ministry has designed to rejuvenate the river.

It may be recalled that the Centre has allocated Rs 2,037 crore for an integrated programme for the conservation of river Ganga named 'Namami Gange'.


Ganga clean-up project: Inspection of 108 nullahs begins - The Times of India

 

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Some hard facts,it's a long battle...

From the slide 1/3 rd of people of India lives on the flood plains of Ganga. This project should be a priority in Swach Bharat Programme.

 

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NEW DELHI: A consortium of seven IITs is preparing the Ganga Basin Management Plan and the first version of the project is scheduled to be submitted by it soon, Lok Sabha was informed today. Union Minister for Water Resources and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti said an interim report along with 36 thematic reports have been submitted so far by the consortium of IITs. Bharti said during Question Hour that a number of countries have shown interest in participating in Ganga rejuvenation. Collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is under consideration in addition to the existing project with JICA assistance of Rs 496.9 crore, she said. The Minister said the Union Budget 2014-15 has set up 'Namami Gange', an integrated Ganga conservation mission at an outlay of Rs 2,037 crore for rejuvenation of river Ganga and its tributaries. "The mandate of Ministry of Water Resources has been enlarged to include river development and Ganga rejuvenation. The action plan for Ganga rejuvenation has been developed by convergence of different ministries through a group of secretaries and stake holders consultations through 'Ganga Manthan'," she said. Bharti said government has also reconstituted the National Ganga River Basin Authority on September 29, 2014, incorporating the provision of a vice- chairperson with appropriate delegation and a meeting of the Authority was held on October 27. She said specific action points have been identified for key thrust areas for rejuvenation of the river, including protection and beautification of river front, conservation of aquatic life and afforestation.
Consortium of 7 IITs preparing Ganga Basin Management Plan - The Economic Times

 

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PM Narendra Modi for Action Against Industrial Units Polluting Ganga

 

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Private companies may be roped in for Ganga sewage treatment - The Times of India

 

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Special Purpose Vehicle to be formed for setting up Sewerage Treatment Plants in Ganga cities

 

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Germany commits 3 million Euro for Ganga cleaning - The Times of India

 

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Germany commits 3 million Euro for Ganga cleaning

NEW DELHI: Germany will provide 3 million Euro to support India's ongoing Ganga rejuvenation plan and explore various options to develop the country's national river.

One of the options is to explore an option of extending co-operation for Ganga rejuvenation on the lines of Indo-German Energy Forum - a dedicated platform to support India's energy needs through various measures including government-private partnership.

The matter of financial support and other options for partnership were discussed during a bilateral meeting of the German minister of environment, nature conservation and nuclear safety Barbara Hendricks with India's water resources and river development minister Uma Bharti here on Wednesday.

It was discussed that the co-operation on Ganga on the lines of the Indo-German Energy forum may include river basin planning, institutional setting and researches.

The overall co-operation under such proposed dedicated forum may also include technical supports like river rejuvenation strategies, hot-spot definition, prioritization, basin-wise monitoring & evaluation and setting of Ganga Knowledge Centre.

"There could also be financial co-operation on selected issues such as innovative financing models for industrial and urban pollution, assistance to manage funds and selected public and or private investment funds", said Bharti after the meeting.

The water resources ministry, in its official statement, said the German delegation was willing to assists in Ganga rejuvenation in view of their success in the rejuvenation of Rhine and Denube rivers which involves multi-country and multi-state collaboration.

"The challenges of managing pollution due to sewage and the industrial effluents had been handled in these efforts which are also critical in the Ganga clean-up programme", said the ministry.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/h...w/46045012.cms

 

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Germany's sharing its own experience in cleaning up river Rhine would be helpful

 

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Finns funded with over 30 million Euros and designed the St.Petersburg waste water treatment plant. Putin needed his money to build palaces and wage war against neighbours.

Plant costed 200 million and now 100â„… of waste water is treated. Maybe this kind of international project could help Ganges also.


St Petersburg South West Wastewater Treatment Plant | NDEP

 

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Finns funded with over 30 million Euros and designed the St.Petersburg waste water treatment plant. Putin needed his money to build palaces and wage war against neighbours.

Plant costed 200 million and now 100â„… of waste water is treated. Maybe this kind of international project could help Ganges also.


St Petersburg South West Wastewater Treatment Plant | NDEP

 

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Clean Ganga mission on war footing

 

[Free Karma]

Some pics from twitter posted by people working on the project:

Prabhu Ghat:

 

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Rewa Ghat:

Assi Ghat:

Here are two IDs from where I got these from, they are working on the project, with a large team behind them
https://twitter.com/temsutulaimsong
https://twitter.com/Darshikashi

Follow them for info, you can help out if you are in the area...or just send some nice messages of encouragement and thanks for their (and their teams) hardwork!

 

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its not cleaned. water level has risen that is it

 

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Centre asks states to furnish its action plan to clean river Ganga within 15 days or face action - The Times of India

 

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Australia assures India full technological support to clean Ganga

April 13, 2015
New Delhi: Australia Monday assured India that it would extend full technological support for the ambitious project to cleanse the Ganga, saying measures like controlling effluent discharge could be used to clean the river. "Australia has promised its full support to Ganga Rejuvenation plan. This was communicated by Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop when she called on Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti here today," a statement said. Bishop said her country will be too happy to extend all technological support to India for its mission to clean Ganga. She said her country has developed a "score card" to measure and control effluent discharge into the rivers which will be "very useful" for India in its efforts to clean the Ganga. Welcoming the offer, Bharti said "this will be very helpful for us to formulate proper guidelines for polluting industries." Both the leaders also discussed bilateral co-operation in sectors like water-flow forecasting, recharging of ground water, mapping of ground water storage and inter-linking of rivers, the release added.

Australia assures India full technological support to clean Ganga | Zee News

 

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Cabinet Approves 'Namami Gange' Programme Aimed at Integrating Ganga Cleaning