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About Ganga Action Plan I
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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.
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| Objectives of Ganga Action Plan I : |
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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:
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Bio-Chemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)
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3 mg/l maximum
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Dissolved Oxygen (DO)
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5 mg/l minimum
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Total Coliform
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10,000 per 100 ml
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Faecal Coliform
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25,00 per 100 ml
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States Covered in Ganga Action Plan I
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Towns Covered in Ganga Action Plan Phase-I
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 UttarPradesh
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Haridwar,Rishikesh, Faridabad & Fatehgarh, Allahabad, Kanpur, Varanasi, Mirzapur.
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Bihar
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Chapra, Bhagalpur, Munger, Patna.
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WestBengal
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Baharampore, Nabadwip, Hugli Chinsura, Chandan Nagar, Serampore, Bally, Kalyani, Bhatpara, Titagarh, Panihati, Howrah, Calcutta Corpn.Area, Baranagar, Kamarhati, Naihati.
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