Kaveesha Kohli
Kaveesha Kohli worked as a Journalist for ThePrint. She is an economics graduate from Panjab University, Chandigarh. Kaveesha’s interests include economics, policy and gender issues. She has always had an inclination for writing and debating.
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Major focus today is on cleaning the river stopping effluents than increasing the flow. This is indeed a correct strategy. Removing the cause if the problem rather than curing the symptoms with dilution.
The 80: 20 Pareto approach tells that 80 percent of the sewage is being duscharged from 20 percent of the outlets which flow into the river.. Tge low lieing fruits have been identified and focus is to build facilities around the 20 percent if major sewage and effluent outlets. The expenditure is also being monitired on these plants.
Hence Nitin Gadkari is right that 80 percent of the cleaning will be completed by 2019 March.
Recent success in the first werk of Dec 2018 ad a result of diverting the Kanpur drains contributing 140 milluon litres per day and diverting the Effluent from Tanneries draining into Ganges have given immediate results in terms of the increase in oxygen levels in the river.
I for one am very hopeful that we now have a Triad of Yogi Adityanath Nitin Gadkari and Narendra Modi supported by Trivendra Singh Rawat, Nitish Kumar and Mamata Banerjee working to achieve this century old dream & they can make the dreams of millions of Indians come true finally… a pure and clean Ganges the lifeline of India!
I think the Plan of Action and implementation on the Ganges issue continues to suffer the deleterious effects of India’s unsuccessful way of implementing government projects. Now the Minister overseeing this project wants to make Ganga a ‘Waterway’. Sadly, this state of affairs is not good for the people of India. The clean water scarcity will be a major problem as India pushes for growth and Ganga struggles to survive.
I was there a couple of months back and was startled to see how reckless and ruthless we humans can be. Was shocked to see the ganga the way it is. This article too seems to delve in criticism of Modi and his government than being positive about things being done. Till such time the people living along the Ganga and people visiting it do not turn a new leaf, we would hardly witness any improvement. Its not just money, there is a need for the mindset to change.
Gadkariji/ Modiji sorry not good performance for River Ganga, unlike good work of National highways. Thanks to Umaji and also Modiji who chose and wasted first 3 years.
Gadkari was only in charge for a year. That is where most of the progress has been made, in the last year. Modi got rid of the other minister due to non-performance.
Actually govt should have set specific feasible target with deadline of Dec 2018 and then give its progress details sothat voters can decide about govts sincerity. You and Modiji have done good job in National highways but not happy with River Ganga project, courtesy Umaji and Modiji who selected this bad performer and wasted nearly 3 years
Sewage treatment is key to the success of this programme. The year 2020 is not sacrosanct, but good quality work should be done, which will endure.