Identify the Objectives of Namami Gange Programme.
A. Monitoring of Industrial effluents
B. Complete ban on Industries
C. Development of river front
D. Developing Sewage treatment Systems in towns
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → A, C and D only.
B. Complete ban on Industries is not an objective of Namami Gange Programme.
Ganga, as a river, has national importance but the river requires cleaning by effectively controlling the pollution for its water. The Union Government has launched the ‘Namami Gange Programme’ with the following objectives:
• developing sewerage treatment systems in towns,
• monitoring of industrial effluents,
• development of river front,
• afforestation along the bank of increase biodiversity,
• cleaning of the river surface,
• development of ‘Ganga Grams’ in Uttarakhand, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal, and
• creating public awareness to avoid adding pollutants in to the river even in the form of rituals.