The remaining capital will be paid over the life of the project as annuities along with operation and maintenance cost expenses, and will be linked to the performance of the STP.
The city generates nearly 375 million litres per day (MLD) of sewage, which will increase to 460 MLD by 2035. For example, the Kotli-Bhel dam at Devprayag will submerge 1200 hectares of forest, wiping out the forest area.An analysis of the Ganges water in 2006 and 2007 showed significant associations between water-borne/enteric disease and the use of the river for bathing, laundry, washing, eating, cleaning utensils, and brushing teeth.During the summer and monsoon, hospital wards teem with children who need treatment for Notwithstanding some delay in the completion of the first phase of the GAP it has generated considerable interest and set the scene for evolving a national approach towards replicating this program for the other polluted rivers of the country. This would ensure timely completion of projects. Two other STPs, with a total treatement capacity of 170 MLD will come up in Goitha and Ramana.The city generates around 300 MLD of sewage per day. This would ensure continued optimal performance of the infrastructure commissioned under Namami Gange.Ganges enters the northern plains at Haridwar, one of the holiest places for Hindus. STPs will also come up in Jagjeetpur and Sarai under Public-Private Partnership based Hybrid Annuity model.Under this model, up to 40 per cent of the capital investment will be made by the government through construction-linked milestones. The aim is to clean the Wohl, Ellen E. 2012.


The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi approved the flagship "Namami Gange" programme which integrates the efforts to clean and protect the Ganga River in a comprehensive manner.. Subscribe here.Get Swarajya in your inbox everyday. The water treated at these STPs will be used to rejuvenate eight waterbodies in the city and for irrigation.While Delhi currently generates nearly 4155 MLD of sewage, the existing treatment capacity is limited to little over 2690 MLD.Patna, the largest city in Bihar with a population of over two million, generates over 285 MLD of sewage and has the capacity to treat a little over 110 MLD.A total of 29 projects worth Rs 5042.11 crore are ongoing in Bihar under Namami Gange programme. It was much more effective as compared to the previous launched programs.Phase II covered 59 towns in five states; Rs 505.31 cr were spent.

Malik, R. N., Ghaffar, B., & Hashmi, M. Z. Subscribe here.A flock of migratory Siberian birds, on December 17, 2018 in Varanasi, India.

Seven cities across the northern plains on the Ganga and its tributaries. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.Hamner S, Tripathi A, Mishra RK, Bouskill N, Broadaway SC, Pyle BH, Ford TE. Under Namami Gange, a 2 MLD STP at Bithoor, a 15 MLD STP at Unnao and 5 MLD STP at Shuklaganj are being constructed.Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency, considered one of the oldest living cities in the world, is at the centre of his Namami Gange mission. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Namami Gange project and allocated Rs 20,000 crores to it in the 2015 budget, the approach the government would adopt to clean the Ganga, and if it would learn the right lessons from the colossal failure of the Ganga Action Plan, was unknown.Four and a half years later, there is evidence that the Modi government Here’s how its flagship programme has progressed in these seven cities: Kanpur, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Rishikesh, Haridwar, Delhi and Patna.Kanpur, with its large drains like the one in Sisamau and Jajmau, and hundreds of water guzzling tanneries and paper industries, is the city which pollutes Ganga the most. Under NRCP scheme the CPCB had conducted river basin studies and had identified 19 gross polluted stretches and 14 less polluted stretches along 19 rivers, which include 11 stretches situated along 7 rivers of M.P. Pre- Namami Gange: Namami Gange: Programme features: Ganga Action Plan (GAP)-I launched in 1986.

A world of rivers: environmental change on ten of the world's great rivers. GAP I was completed in 2000. Marking a major shift in implementation, the Government is focusing on involving people living on the banks of the river to attain sustainable results. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Namami Gange project and allocated Rs 20,000 crores to it in the 2015 budget, the approach the government would adopt to clean the Ganga, and if … The order dissolved National Ganga River Basin Authority.

The government has sanctioned a total of 31 projects for Uttarakhand. Completion of these projects will take the treatment capacity in the city to Apart from these projects, the government is also working on renovating existing sewerage network and ghats in the city.For Prayagraj, the site of the Maha Kumbh, the government has sanctioned at least By December 2018, four projects were complete, bringing online sewage treatment capacity of 119 MLD and sewerage network of 129 km.In view of the Kumbh Mela, financial assistance for 27,500 toilets, 20,000 urinals and 16,000 dustbins have been provided.