Practicing Success
Identify the Objectives of Namami Gange Programme. A. Monitoring of Industrial effluents Choose the correct answer from the options given below: |
A, B and C only B, C and D only A, B and D only A, C and D only |
A, C and D only |
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. |