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21st Central Monitoring Committee

Meeting (Part-II)

Clean rivers are the foundation of ecological security, public health, and sustainable
development. To sustain momentum in river rejuvenation efforts across the country, the 21st

Meeting (Part-II) of the Central Monitoring Committee, chaired by Hon’ble Secretary,
Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Shri V. L.
Kantha Rao, assessed the progress of key pollution abatement measures and reviewed

strategies to further improve river water quality across states and union territories.

Reviewing Progress Across Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, infrastructure. While
River Basins Andhra Pradesh, substantial progress has been
The Committee undertook a Maharashtra, Goa, Himachal made across many states in

comprehensive review of
Pradesh, Sikkim, Manipur, creating treatment capacity,
Action Plans being
Meghalaya, Mizoram, ensuring optimal utilization
implemented for polluted river
Nagaland, Tripura, and Dadra and consistent operation of
stretches across the country.
& Nagar Haveli and Daman & these assets remains critical
The discussions assessed
Diu. Together, these regions for achieving measurable
progress in key areas such as
represent a wide range of river improvements in river water
sewage treatment
systems, geographical quality.
infrastructure, common
conditions, and environmental Bridging the Sewage
efuent treatment facilities,
challenges, highlighting the Treatment Gap
solid waste management,
environmental ow need for tailored yet One of the recurring themes
maintenance, and oodplain coordinated approaches to during the review was the
regulation. river rejuvenation. importance of narrowing the
The review covered a diverse A major area of focus was the gap between sewage

group of states and union performance and compliance generation and treatment.
territories, including Tamil of existing sewage treatment Rapid urbanization and
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