The government claimed that with the completion of 23 projects under The Namami Gange Programme and the dolphins have been spotted once again.
(Source: Newsroompost)
Uttar Pradesh Govt: According to the Uttar Pradesh government Dolphins have been spotted once again in the Ganga River. It is assumed that this is due to the water quality of Ganga which has improved since the Namami Gange Programme. The government also claimed that with the full completion of 23 projects under the programme.
The Namami Gange Programme: The Start and the Importance
Namami Gange Programme is an integrated Conservative mission, which is approved as a “Flagship Programme” by the Union Government of India in June 2014. The budget that was decided for the programme was around ₹20000 Cr. National Mission for Ganga River had 341 projects out of which around 147 are completed. Out of 147, most are of sewage infrastructure, and which are around 61 out of 147 almost half have been completed.
The Main Motive of the programme was to control the pollution in Ganga and capacitate the reasons for its increasing pollution and revive the Ganga River to its old and fresh state. Under Namami Gange Programme, all the drains falling into the river Saryu are being tapped and the sewerage treatment plant is taking all the wasted and contaminated water and cleaning it and making it reusable again.
Not only Drain and pollution control make the Namami Gange Programme, but wildlife is also a part of it, as around 30,000 seeds of Major carp such as Catla, Rohu, and Mrigal are released in Ganga, Yamuna due to a major decline in their population due to decreased water quality.
The second Phase of the Namami Gange programme will be from 2021 – 2026 which will engage itself in sewage infrastructures on tributaries of Ganga and Yamuna increasing public partnership with an increase in water economy, sludge and septage management, with the directive issued by Minister Yogi Adityanath.
The Central Government also stated that no swage infrastructure project sanctioned in Prayagraj was ever completed before 2014.
But after this programme, 3 super thermal Power (STPs) stations of 42+ 16+ 24 Minimal Water Discharge (MLD) capacity were sanctioned. At Kanpur at a cost of ₹936.23 Cr STP of a capacity of 160 MLD, Unnao at a cost of ₹102.2 Cr with a capacity of 15 MLD, and Shuklaganj at the cost of ₹65.18 Cr, an interception and diversion of 5 MLD capacity was made.
With the efforts of the Chief Minister, The National Mission of Cleaning Ganga approved projects related to improving existing STPs at Salori, Naini, Rajanpur and various other locations. Considering the condition of Prayagraj, NMCG also approved these 2 projects on basis of Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM).
Return of Dolphins in The Ganga River
On Tuesday, Dolphins were once again spotted in the Ganga River the main reason is said to be the success of the Namami Gange Programme and rivers diversity is also increasing due to the seeds of major carbs left in the Ganga River as part of the programme.
At present, the estimated population of Dolphins is around 600, The Uttar Pradesh government also added that the Dissolved oxygen levels (DO), faecal coliform, and Biochemical waste (BOD) have been considerably improved.
From 2014 to 2022 more than 20 locations have been covered by the Gange programme and the water quality of the river is increased nearly to a level of bathing water, while BOD, DO and Faecal Coliform have been improved in 14, 16, and 18 places out of 20 in Uttar Pradesh respectively.
(With inputs from Multiple Media Outlets)
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