ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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to try and clean up the river
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the bring an end to the cremations
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to end using the river for drinking water
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to slow down the building of new factories
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Detailed explanation-1: -The main objective of Ganga Action Plan are (i)To improve the water quality by Interception, Diversion and treatment of domestic sewage and (ii) Present toxic and industrial chemical wastes from identified grossly polluting units entering in to the river.
Detailed explanation-2: -The objective, at the time of launching the Ganga Action Plan in 1985, was to improve the water quality of Ganga to acceptable standards by preventing the pollution load from reaching the river.
Detailed explanation-3: -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 more after spending Rs 9017 million. Therefore, this plan was withdrawn on 31 March 2000.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.
Detailed explanation-5: -Ganga Action Plan is a multicrore project taken up in 1986 to improve the quality of Ganga water. Ganga is a river with which the people of India are attached spiritually and emotionally. Department of environment in December 1984, prepared an action plan for immediate reduction of pollution load on the river Ganga.