Clean Ganga
Taking crowdsourcing from campaigning to governance, the Narendra Modi Government‘s latest initiative, the MyGov site calls for suggestions on cleaning the Ganga.
Seeking to bring about a radical change in the condition of the river, the Modi government is seeking to accumulate ideas and responses from the biggest stakeholders – the people of India through the ‘Clean Ganga’ initiative on MyGov.
Since the launch, the group has already garnered 18,000 plus members going about on 9 tasks listed- from preparing roadmaps for the Government to conducting fieldwork.
The responses of members as how to attract more tourists and as yet keep Ganga clean is tremendous. From suggesting beautification of the river sides and maintaining cleanliness during the festive days saw maximum votes to keeping commercial areas at a little distance from the river banks the members said it all. There was also suggestion of connecting MNREGA to Ganga cleanliness project where daily wage workers clean the Ghats. Also there was a suggestion to have segregation trash bins to make the tasks of the cleaners easy. There was demand from almost all the members to strictly punish those who do not follow the rules and pollute the river.
There was also a suggestion to make a single platform for people to perform religious ceremonies and put a fishing net at some distance around that platform to easily pull out the offerings thrown in the water by the people. The other suggestion was to plants more trees around the river bank and also plant medicinal herbs. Naturally all wanted that disposal of contaminated water from industries into Ganga should be stopped with immediate effect.
The suggestions about proposed waterways and similar initiatives to enhance tourism as well as keep the river clean showed how thoughtful people are about the Ganga. Some members suggested that there should be a separate task-force for every 100 km. Also some wanted that Ganga be classified into various zones like highly polluted, medium polluted, etc. Many members request that there should be eco-ethno parks along the banks of the river alike Sentosa Island Singapore where temples along the river Ghats nurture the nature and also be places where video and photo exhibitions are held to attract tourists.
Few members also suggested installation of CCTV on the Ghats and people caught polluting the river be gifted book on Ganga and how its pollution is harmful to all. Also there was a suggestion from the members to boost water transport with little development of infrastructure and then use boats to clean the river. One suggestion was also to decongest the river alike old city streets. The member suggested that just the way old streets are decongested by creating flyovers, and bypasses, we need to create CITY BYPASSES for Ganga, keeping the main stem pollution free, and allowing for City Stream to be used for daily chores. The water from City Stream to be carried by main stem only after treatment and filtration (just as we do not allow cyclists on highways!)
Most of the members believed that there sure is a larger need to integrate all stakeholders when it comes to cleaning Ganga. The proposed ways to integrate all stakeholders by the members are:
- A Plan is definitely needed, to execute any Program, particularly a humongous and complex program like cleaning of Ganga. But the Plan needs to address the following key stakeholders – City Infrastructure, Religious Sentiments and Impact on Environment in cleaning up Ganga.
- First of all industrial waste must not flow in the river. There should be some environmental checklist before setting up an industry with hefty fines.
- Central planning is required to provide the overarching direction and set milestones. But involving local stakeholders is also equally important. For centuries two traditional communities have depended on the river for their livelihood: fishermen and boatmen. They can be empowered to provide ground level feedback to the central agency to ensure effective monitoring and resource utilization.
If you are also passionate about the River Ganga and want to make a real difference to cleaning of the river please login at MyGov, take part in the discussion and undertake the tasks assigned.
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Earlier the national River Conservation (NRCD) had supported activities on awareness generating in West Bengal, The Doordarshan Kolkata telecast a film on 28th June 1998. Now the Regional Office Kolkata office is not functional for several years. May We know from which office we can get the support for awareness generating to the locals.
Respected Sir, according to me the state govt. shall put penalties of around Rs. 5,000-10,000 on people and/or put them behind the bars for 3 weeks without letting them get a bail till they don’t understand and if they do it again then we should make them clean the river Ganga to teach them a lesson and the same shall be done to the people littering on the roads/parks/shops in the country. Then only they will understand the meaning of Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan.
CLEANING GANGA MEANS INCREASINF THE FLOW OF RIVER AND ALSO CREATING A SEPERATE CHANNEL NEAR BIG TOWNS TO DIVERT THE WASTE WATER PARRLEL TO GANGA AND A BRANCH FROM MAIN CHHANEL TO GHATS FOR WASHING ,BATHING ETC .tHE MINI EXAMPLE CAN BE SEEN IN NASHIK CITY.
Leather factories in Kanpur are one of the main reason for polluting ganga. Leather factories dump their untreated waste directly into ganga. The waste contains heavy metals. There is only one treatement plant which was construced in 1993 which is not even sufficient for half the waste produced by the factories. There is a huge population whose health is being japrodised.
What we can do is either shift all the factories or make arrangements for more treatementplants. Privatisation can be help.
Respected sir,hum log ganga k opposite side means sand part of ganga pe traditional type k chaupal khol sakte h jahah par ganga kinare tourist k liye banarsi andaz k khane peene wayavastha hogi aur sath hie wahah PR elephant, horse jaise animals KO rakkha ja Sakta h jisse ki touristo ko river site PR khane k zaika an and bhi melega air sath hi waha zanvaro KO dekh kar entertainment bhi milega.isse local mein rehne wale jaise boatman,teaman,animal man KO etc.logo KO rozgar milega n
We have taken good initiative to clean river Ganga, but we need to attack the root case of all this problem. The main problem lies in the grey water and polluted water being discharged in the river.
We need to have a "REED BED" System installed at the point of discharge. This doe not require STP but the plants are planted and the bacteria eats away the faecal material. the water is clean.
The cost can be shared by industries or the municipal department in implementing the system.
i wish Uma Bhartiji persuaded all holy Sants to appeal the hinus of India to boycott all leathers products till all tanneries the the ganges banks were displaced by at least 100 km.
Moreover just as the banks are publishing their big loan defaulters in news papers the govt also should publish the names of the polluting factories and their brand names so the the public could teach them a lesson by boycotting their products.
Rampant building of check dams and other Hydel projects being constructed without proper environmental and down stream impact should be stopped. Building such dams will hamper flow of useful sediments and other natural forces which help Ganga to clean and pure. All municipalities and panchayats beside the Ganga banks should enforce proper effluent treatment and waste management and should be made guardians of Ganga. Monthly community work to clean the surrounding should be encouraged by MPs/MLA
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One year gone nothing concrete has been done.First ban industrtries or ask then to have solid execution plan for there waste diffusion.Stop them to pollute.Have strict action for religious and plz don’t built dams on Ganga, distributes it’s water to other states let them make the dams.It’s already late for this govt. JUST DO IT.