National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

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About Ganga Action Plan I

The Ganga rises in the Garhwal Himalaya from the Gangotri Glacier, some 4100 meters above the sea level under the name of Bhagirathi. The river flows through the Himalayas till another two streams, the Mandakani and the Alakhnanda join it at Devprayag. It is below this confluence that the river is known as the Ganga proper. The Ganga Basin which is the largest river basin of the country houses about 40% population of India. The river after traversing a distance of 2525 kms. from its source, meets the Bay of Bengal at Ganga Sagar in West Bengal. During the course of its journey from the hills to the sea, municipal sewage from large urban centres, trade effluents from industries and polluting waste from several other non-point sources are discharged into the river resulting in its pollution.

Objectives of Ganga Action Plan I :

At the time of launching, the main objective of GAP was to improve the water quality of Ganga to acceptable standards by preventing the pollution load reaching the river. However, as decided in a meeting of the Monitoring Committee in June, 1987 under the Chairmanship of Prof. M. G. K. Menon, then Member, Planning Commission, the objective of GAP was recast as restoring the river water quality to the 'Bathing Class' standard which is as follows:

Bio-Chemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)	3 mg/l maximum
Dissolved Oxygen (DO)	5 mg/l minimum
Total Coliform	10,000 per 100 ml
Faecal Coliform	25,00 per 100 ml
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States Covered in Ganga Action Plan I

UttarPradesh

Bihar

WestBengal

Towns Covered in Ganga Action Plan Phase-I

State	Towns
UttarPradesh	Haridwar,Rishikesh, Faridabad & Fatehgarh, Allahabad, Kanpur, Varanasi, Mirzapur.
Bihar	Chapra, Bhagalpur, Munger, Patna.
WestBengal	Baharampore, Nabadwip, Hugli Chinsura, Chandan Nagar, Serampore, Bally, Kalyani, Bhatpara, Titagarh, Panihati, Howrah, Calcutta Corpn.Area, Baranagar, Kamarhati, Naihati.
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About Ganga Action Plan II

The program of river cleaning was extended to other major rivers of the country under two separate schemes of GAP Phase - II and the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP). Yamuna and Gomati Action Plans were approved in April 1993 under Ganga Action Plan Phase - II. Programs of other major rivers were subsequently approved in 1995 under NRCP. After launching of NRCP in 1995, it was decided to merge GAP II with NRCP. A notification of this effect was issued on 05.12.1996.

Objectives of Ganga Action Plan II :

The Ganga Action Plan besides aiming at improving the water quality of river Ganga is to serve as a model to demostrate the methodology for improving the water quality of other polluted rivers. Though the river water quality of Ganga has shown discernible improvement, the full impact of the action plan would be visible when the left out works in the 25 class I cities and the works in other class II and class III towns along the river Ganga are taken up. The important tributaries of river Ganga like,Yamuna,Gomati and Damodar which directly discharge into the river Ganga are heavily polluted and are taken up for pollution abatement Programmes.For this purpose, the second phase of Ganga Action Plan was started in stages between 1993 & 1996. Both Central & State Government Provided help and had equal Share that is 50:50 in the working of Ganga Action Plan (Phase II). After April 1997 Central Government took the full responsibility of this project & sanctioned the total cost Under Ganga Action Plan.Other river conservation plans for Yamuna,Gomati and Damodar have also been accepted and the goverment has sanctionedd Rs.2285.48 crore for the same. This money will help in statrting 441 projects in 95 cities under the plan. Implementation of the plan finally commenced w.e.f. 1.4.2001. The funding pattern was changed to 70:30 between centre and state subsequently.

States Covered in Ganga Action Plan II

Uttarakhand

Uttar Pradesh

Bihar

Jharkhand

West Bengal

Delhi

Haryana

Towns Covered in Ganga Action Plan Phase-II

State	Towns
Uttarakhand	Haridwar-Rishikesh, Ranipur, Joshinath, Gopeshwar, Karan Prayag, Rudra Prayag, Badrinath, Sri-Nagar, Deo Prayag, Uttar Kashi.
Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Etawah, Ghaziabad, Mathura, Muzaffarnagar, Noida, Saharanpur, Varindavan, Lucknow, Sultanpur, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Allahabad, Kanpur, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Farrukkabad, MugalSarai, Saidpur, Garmukteswar, Bijnor, Chunar, Anupshaher.
Bihar	Arrah,Chapra, Bhagalpur, Munger, Patna, Fatwah, Barh, Sultanganj, Barahya, Buxar, Mokamah, Kahelgaon, Hajipur.
Jharkhand	Ramgarh,Dugdha, Jharia, Chirkunda, Sindri, Telmuchu, Sudamdih, Bokaro-Kargili, Sahebganj.
West Bengal	Raniganj, Asansol, Andal, Durgapur, Barrackpore, Bansberia, Rishra, Baidyabati, CircularCanal, Tolly's Nallah, Budge Budge, Badreswar Champdani, CETP-Calcutta, Naihati, Kharda(Extended), Gayespur Halilshar& Kancharapara, Konnagar, Uttarpara Kotrung, North Barrackpore, Jijganj Azimganj, Diamond Harbour, Garulia, Katwa, Dhulian, Jangipur, Mahestala, Chakdah, Murshidabad, Siliguri.
Delhi	Delhi.
Haryana	Chhahhrauli, Faridabad, Gharaunda, Gohana, Gurgaon, Indri, Karnal, Panipat, Palwaal, Radaur, Sonepat, Yamunanagar-Jagdhari.

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