Rejuvenation of Polluted River stretches

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Last Updated18/07/2021

36th Executive Committee meeting of NMCG approved new projects for rejuvenation of 6 polluted river stretches in Uttarakhand.
It has approved the project of “Interception & Diversion (I&D) and STP work of 06 nos. Polluted River Stretches to Rejuvenate Rivers.
The project will ensure tapping of a total of 17 Nalas which will be intercepted and diverted to 9 STPs to be constructed under this project

The new projects approved were for polluted River Stretches to Rejuvenate 6 Rivers in the Kumaon region
The rivers covered will be Bhela, Dhela, Kichha, Kosi, Nandhore, Pilakhar and Kashipur
Out of the rest 3 polluted stretches, project of Ganga at Jagjeetpur, Haridwar has already been commissioned and on the remaining two, Namami Gange projects are already under execution.
With this project, all the polluted stretches in the state of Uttarakhand have been covered under pollution abatement projects.

Important and progressive feature of the project: Comprehensive sludge management arrangements and provision for co-treatment of septage in all these STPs.
Progress of action plan of states for polluted stretches are being reviewed by the central monitoring committee.
As per the report of CPCB identifying polluted stretches of the rivers in the country, there were a total of 9 polluted stretches in Uttarakhand state and 6 of them were in district Udham Singh Nagar on various tributaries or small rivers.

It is an Integrated Conservation Mission for river Ganga
It has been approved as ‘Flagship Programme’ by the Union Government in June 2014 with budget outlay of Rs.20,000 Crore
It has twin objectives of effective abatement of pollution, conservation and rejuvenation of National River Ganga.
The program is being implemented by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), and its state counterpart organizations i.e., State Program ManagementGroups (SPMGs).
NMCG is the implementation wing of National Ganga Council (set in 2016)

Entry-level activities immediate (for visible impact),
Medium-term activities (to be implemented within 5 years of time frame), and 3.long-term activities (to be implemented within 10 years).