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River Pollution Gyanesh Sinha FMS
River Pollution Gyanesh Sinha FMS
Presentation for:
Ignite Round, Ashwamedha, Ahvan 09, IIM Indore
Presentation by:
Gyanesh Sinha, FMS Delhi
India is undergoing severe river water pollution crisis, with all major rivers listed as world’s
most polluted rivers. The recent government initiatives have also failed to deliver….
89 million litres of sewage is daily disposed into Ganga from the 12 municipal towns that
fall along its route till Haridwar
Ganga In Varanasi, India's most sacred city, the coliform bacterial count is at least 3,000 times
higher than the standard established as safe by the United Nations world Health
Organization
Almost 57% of the New Delhi’s waste is dumped into the river Yamuna
Yamuna Yamuna has become one of the most polluted rivers in the world
Ganges Action Plan (GAP). Launched in 1985, the ambitious project was meant to
clean up India's most important river. But after 12 years of work and $300 million in
Failure of
funding, the GAP has achieved few of its objectives. A recent study found that the
river action
amount of sewage flowing into the Ganges has doubled since 1985, while a government
plans
audit found evidence of widespread corruption in siphoning off funds earmarked for the
project.
Need to look beyond the ineffective conventional policies and strategies. Need for alternate, innovative and
integrated approaches to be implemented
The rivers in India have been classified on the basis of their pollution levels. With almost
25% of the polluting industries still continuing, all major rivers have become category “D”
Most rivers in India are so polluted that they At least 25% of the polluting industries are still
have been categorized as “D”. Even Ganga unsatisfactorily controlling effluents leading to
and Yamuna are category “D” rivers a severe pollution problem
Analysis of available options to tackle river pollution problem shows tha public private
partnerships and community programs are the feasible strategies
A three pronged solution is recommended based on the analysis of options. The solution
will involve creating awareness, adopting new technology and effective implementation``
Technological
innovation
Solution
Awareness Implementation
There are five basic steps in creating awareness in the area of river pollution and its impact.
These steps will be carried out with the help of community groups
Creating Awareness
1
Identifying pollution hot spots
2
Community drives to investigate causes
Technological Innovation
1
Creation of social media channels for specific
communities
Implementation will be of critical importance in the solution. The focus will be on creating
responsibility ownerships with communities
Implementation
1
Creation of community and Student forums for
river restoration
2
Segmentation of river banks on the basis of
sewage disposal to create ownership
3
Creation of a separate canal, to facilitate religious
activities
4
Creation of data center for seamless exchange of
weather and environmental information
Some key benefits of the solution is that it will have a long term impact by creating
sustainable model. However, eliciting participation from communities is the key challenge.
Increased community participation will ensure Involving communities as the river water quality
long term solution building is a public good
Public private partnerships will ensure Involving factories and industry owners
participation from industries and will help them
Funds to carry on the technological
mitigate the adverse effects of water pollution
upgrading, for datacenters and for running daily
norms
operations
The integrated solution will help in knowledge
transfer across other regions with similar river
pollution crisis
Implementation of technologies such as RFIDs
will ensure preemptive measures in case of
abnormalities
Feedback and iterative recommendations will
ensure that the solution is contemporarized