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Ensure greater tourism as well as cleaner Ganga

Ensure greater tourism as well as cleaner Ganga
Start Date :
Jan 01, 2015
Last Date :
Sep 30, 2015
00:00 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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How can it be ensured that not only does the arrival of tourists increase but also the Ganga remains clean?

How can it be ensured that not only does the arrival of tourists increase but also the Ganga remains clean?

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Yogesh Saxena
Yogesh Saxena 11 years 10 months ago
11. That the reason for non-supply of the water was that although, it was claimed that the water was released from Narora to the tune of 1000 cusec from 14th December, 2014, but the water was consumed at Kamla Nehru and Kisanganj canals.
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Yogesh Saxena
Yogesh Saxena 11 years 10 months ago
These people have assembled from the different corner of the country and inspite the claim of having the bathe taken by around 15 Lacs pilgrimage out of 60 Lacs people assembled there, there was hardly 50000 – 60000 people who have actually taken the bathe.
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Yogesh Saxena
Yogesh Saxena 11 years 10 months ago
10. That upto 2nd January, 2015 and till the time of taking the dip in side the water of holy Ganga at 8.30 A.M., there was not the sufficient water even for taking the dip by the religious persons and the colour of water was greenish black and as such 45% of the pilgrimage have declined to take dip at Sangam.
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Yogesh Saxena
Yogesh Saxena 11 years 10 months ago
This was assured as the emergent steps taken for ensuring the trust of the pilgrimage assembling for taking the holy dip inside the water river Ganga Ji on PURNIMA BATHE of the spiritually connected Sanyasi, who have denounced the worldly affairs in the search of the ceremonial rituals as to step up for spiritual enlightenment.
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Yogesh Saxena
Yogesh Saxena 11 years 10 months ago
9. That in this regard the report submitted by the authority during the discussion of high level committee has in itself admitted that although the date of the release of water from Narora was allegedly changed from 10th December, 2006 to 14th December, 2006 for release of 1000 cusecs of water and it was further assured that from 23 December 2006 there shall be the release of 1500 cusecs of water released.
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Yogesh Saxena
Yogesh Saxena 11 years 10 months ago
It is submitted that by an order dated 15.11.2006 followed by the meeting held on 26.11.2006, it was brought during the course of deliberation the technical committee which was formulated earlier, deliberated the various pros and cons with regard to the aforesaid release and the appropriate steps were directed to be taken to seek full coordination and cooperation from the State of Uttaranchal.
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Yogesh Saxena
Yogesh Saxena 11 years 10 months ago
That the undertaking given on behalf of the State Govt. for release of 1,000 cusec water from Narora w.e.f. 10.12.2014 regularly on day-to-day basis upto 16.2.2015 has been flouted.
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Yogesh Saxena
Yogesh Saxena 11 years 10 months ago
The result of this pollution is an array of water-home diseases including cholera, hepatitis, typhoid and amoebic dysentery. An estimated 80% of all health problems and one-third of deaths in India are attributable to water-borne in diseases.
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Yogesh Saxena
Yogesh Saxena 11 years 10 months ago
That some 300 million gallons of waste go into the Ganges each day and the effects are stunning recent water samples collected in Varanasi revealed fecal-coliform counts of about 50,000 bacteria per 100 milliliters of water. 10,000% higher than the government standard for safe river bathing.
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Yogesh Saxena
Yogesh Saxena 11 years 10 months ago
That the coliform count (measure of human/animal bacteria) in the Ganges is in some places 140,000, 23,000 and 43,000. The highest count should not be above 500 for the water in the considered safe. The Bio-Chemical Oxygen Demand (measures organic waste) in some places along the Ganges in 36, 75 and 64. The safest required level of Bio-Chemical Oxygen Demand should not exceed 3.
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