24 Jul The Ganga’s message(The Hindu, GS-3)
Context:- The Ganga has witnessed many stages of India’s civilisation but in recent decades it has become a conduit for sewage, solid waste, industrial effluents and other pollutants. It is depressing that a new study by an NGO has found evidence of a modern day scourge, microplastics, in the river, with the highest concentrations in Varanasi and Kanpur
Why pollution in Ganga:-
- Sewage of urban areas, waste of industries etc.
- Low Ecological carrying capacity.
- alarming presence of plastic filaments
- secondary broken down plastics from articles of everyday use
- 97 towns on the bank of Ganga may be discharging about 750 million litres.
- Governments issued waste management rules but hardly gave a heed to implementation.
What is the government doing?
- Swachh Bharat which is dealing with solid waste on one hand and on other Namami Gange is to rid the river of its pollution.
- Plastic Waste Management Rules in the cities have failed to be implemented.
Plutus IAS Current Affair Team Member
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