Water PollutionIntroduction

and a case study on RiverGanga

by:- Saurav Kumar NandaSourav Lahiri

Water Pollution in

simple terms

“ Contamination of Water Bodies”

Causes

Its Adversities

• Damage to the marine

life

• Misbalance in ecosystem

• Degradation of land

water

• Diseases to human

Where Scenario Stands • China has the most polluted rivers in the world.• 98% of China’s sewage goes untreated in the rivers and 320 million people in China doesn’t have access to clean drinking water.• India is among the top ten countries in context of polluted rivers and water bodies, Our neighbor China Tops the chart.• 83% of the diseases are caused by consuming unsafe drinking water.• Asia has the most number of polluted rivers, polluted mainly due to bacterial formation from human waste.• According to UNICEF 3000 children die everyday because of drinking contaminated water

Case Study

Ganga river pollution

From Deity To Dirty

As Statistics Say :-

# Ganges is the sixth most polluted river in the world.

# Toxicity of Ganges has risen 3000 times over the safe limit

as manifested by WHO.

# 1 Billion litre’s of untreated sewage is dumped everyday in

Ganges.

# The river has its path across 101 different cities and

villages, most of the villages rely on Ganges for their daily

drinking water requirement.

# The river provides water to 40% of the total population in

India, largest that any other river.

Reasons for her pollution:-

# Human waste (prime reason)

# Industrial waste ( low 12%, but majorly concerned due to

toxicity of the waste and non bio-degradability

# Religious Events

# Delinquency (Not lack of awareness or Knowledge of

vulnerability of the

situation, but due to obstinateness and lack of

conviction to amend)

“ One day of worship, decade long

despisement”

“I could clean

your sins, but I

can not clean

your wastes”

Effects:-# Mercury level of Ganges perched

to 84%

# Depletion of surrounding wildlife

# Effects on mankind

“Winds of change”

# Ganga action plan:- 1986, withdrawn on 31st

march 2000.

# National River Ganga Basin Authority:-

formed under central government

of India 20th Feb 2004 section 3 Act 1986.

# Measures undertaken by supreme court

# Namami Gange :- Integrated Ganga

development project, inaugurated

by union finance minister Mr. Arun Jaietly.

Pioneers of Ganga Purification:-

Late Swami Nigamananda Sararwati:- in a diligent effort to save Ganga from illegal mining in the district of Haridwar, he fasted to death, following his death in June 2011, his disciple Swami Shivananda had taken from thereupon and finally after 11 days Uttrakhand Givernment banned illegal mining from the district.

Professor G.D. Agrawal:- “ The force behind NRGBA sewage

treatment”

Along with activist Anna Hazare, he agreed then P.M of India Mr.

Manmohan Singh to sanction 26 billion rupees to invest in ganga

sewerage treatment plant, cleaning, development of riverfronts

and community toilets near Ganga Basin.

“My Planet, My responsibility”

“Count to million starts from one”

“ What we can do to decrease

water pollution”# Do not drain cooking oil, paints, fat from cooking, oil or grease down the sink,

keep a fat jar under the sink and discard the solid waste afterwards.

# Do not dispose household chemicals, polythene, shampoo pouches, plastic waste,

cigarette buds etc. down the toilet, dispose them as solid waste separately.

# Do not throw litter, garbage or likewise stuffs in rivers, lakes or ponds rather

collect and put them in nearby dustbin baskets.

“GO GREEN, GO CLEAN”