Is Ganga getting polluted?
Is Ganga getting polluted?
Is Ganga getting polluted?
The Ganga is heavily polluted with microplastics at Varanasi, Haridwar and Kanpur, Delhi-based non-profit Toxic Link claimed. Microplastics are plastics that are less than 5 millimetres in size but are a major source of marine pollution.
Is Ganga getting cleaner?
Mishra said the dissolved oxygen level of the Ganga has also improved. “At present, the entire length of Ganga has more dissolved oxygen (DO) than the prescribed minimum level of 5 mg/l. The river water quality has shown improvement between 2014 and 2021,” he said.
How much of river Ganga is polluted?
A 2006 measurement of pollution in the Ganges revealed that river water monitoring over the previous 12 years had demonstrated fecal coliform counts up to 100,000,000 MPN (most probable number) per 100 ml and biological oxygen demand levels averaging over 40 mg/l in the most polluted part of the river in Varanasi.
How can we save Ganga river?
- Sewerage Treatment Infrastructure.
- River-Front Development.
- River-Surface Cleaning.
- Bio-Diversity.
- Afforestation.
- Public Awareness.
- Industrial Effluent Monitoring.
- Ganga Gram.
Who started Namami Gange?
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi approved the flagship “Namami Gange” programme which integrates the efforts to clean and protect the Ganga River in a comprehensive manner.
Which bacteria is found in Ganga?
Option A: The holy Ganga water has traces of faecal coliform for over 12 years. The most probable number count of the bacteria is 100,000,000 MPN per 100 mL. Such a high MPN count makes the ganga water unfit for taking bath and consumption.
Why is New Delhi so dirty?
But Delhi’s is extreme because of a combination of smoke from thermal plants and brick kilns in the capital region, effluents from a congested transportation network, stubble or biomass burning by farmers in neighboring states, and the lack of cleansing winds that causes air pollution to hang over the city.
What is Namo Ganga?
‘Namami Gange Programme’, is an Integrated Conservation Mission, approved as ‘Flagship Programme’ by the Union Government in June 2014 with budget outlay of Rs. 20,000 Crore to accomplish the twin objectives of effective abatement of pollution, conservation and rejuvenation of National River Ganga.