Setting up sewage treatment facilities is the main focus of the operation because it is believed that discharging untreated home and industrial effluents into water bodies is the main offender. However, a multifaceted strategy is required to address the issue given that other contaminants including plastic and pharmaceutical waste are also shown to be increasing in waterways.
Source: Down to EarthEven if the worst PRS has remained the same, the comparison analysis’s finding that the number of polluted river stretches (PRS) fell from 351 in 2018 to 311 in 2022 is commendable. The Sabarmati, which was determined to be the second most contaminated river, has actually shown a decline in water quality over the last five years.
This is true even though the Gujarat High Court ordered interventionist measures after taking suo motu notice of the government’s failure to control the pollution’s growth. Similar to this, despite having been allocated Rs 20,000 crore for the Namami Gange project to clean and revitalise the Ganga and its tributaries in 2014, its execution has significant room for improvement due to the alarmingly high levels of pollution.There is hope for better outcomes now that the government has approved Mission-II of the campaign with a Rs 22,500 crore budget.
Source: Zee 24 KalakAfter an assessment of the techniques used thus far, it is obvious that the river-cleaning act needs to be taken up on a war footing. The biological system, including the aquatic flora and fauna and farmlands along the riverbanks, depends on clear, freely running rivers.
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