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Wed, 11/05/2008 - 09:22
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Ganga to be declared a national river
New Delhi, Nov 4 (PTI) Government Tuesday decided to declare Ganga as a 'national river' and also set up a high powered Ganga River Basin Authority to protect the ancient river from pollution and other degradation.
The proposed Authority would be headed by the Prime
Minister and would have as its members Chief Ministers of
states through which the river flows.
A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting chaired
by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, which reviewed the Ganga
Action Plan.
At the meeting, attended by Ministers of Water Resources,
Environment and Forests and Urban Development, the Prime
Minister said there was a need to set up a model for cleaning
of rivers through the new institutional mechanism.
"It was decided that there is a need to replace the
current piecemeal efforts taken up in a fragmented manner in
select cities with an integrated approach that sees the river
as an ecological entity and addresses issues of quantity in
terms of water flows along with issues of quality," a Prime
Minister Office (P.M.O.) release said.
The details of the Authority to be vested with
appropriate powers would be worked out in consultation with
state governments and Central ministries.
The proposed Authority would promote inter-sectoral
coordination for comprehensive planning for the project.
Various agencies working on different aspects of river
conservation and pollution management would be brought
together under this proposed Authority, the release said.
While the unit of planning should be the river basin, the
action related to pollution abatement, sustainable use of
water and flood management should be integrated, the meeting
felt.
The Prime Minister also directed that detailed final
proposals may be prepared within two months after necessary
consultations.
It was also recognised that the spirit of the Ganga
Action Plan as conceived in 1985 by the then Prime Minister
Rajiv Gandhi to make the cleaning of Ganga River a people's
movement should be restored, it added. PTI MS
AM
The proposed Authority would be headed by the Prime
Minister and would have as its members Chief Ministers of
states through which the river flows.
A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting chaired
by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, which reviewed the Ganga
Action Plan.
At the meeting, attended by Ministers of Water Resources,
Environment and Forests and Urban Development, the Prime
Minister said there was a need to set up a model for cleaning
of rivers through the new institutional mechanism.
"It was decided that there is a need to replace the
current piecemeal efforts taken up in a fragmented manner in
select cities with an integrated approach that sees the river
as an ecological entity and addresses issues of quantity in
terms of water flows along with issues of quality," a Prime
Minister Office (P.M.O.) release said.
The details of the Authority to be vested with
appropriate powers would be worked out in consultation with
state governments and Central ministries.
The proposed Authority would promote inter-sectoral
coordination for comprehensive planning for the project.
Various agencies working on different aspects of river
conservation and pollution management would be brought
together under this proposed Authority, the release said.
While the unit of planning should be the river basin, the
action related to pollution abatement, sustainable use of
water and flood management should be integrated, the meeting
felt.
The Prime Minister also directed that detailed final
proposals may be prepared within two months after necessary
consultations.
It was also recognised that the spirit of the Ganga
Action Plan as conceived in 1985 by the then Prime Minister
Rajiv Gandhi to make the cleaning of Ganga River a people's
movement should be restored, it added. PTI MS
AM
