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The
towns situated on the
bank of river Ganga having
population more than one
lac, were taken up in
the first phase of Ganga
Action Plan. Accordingly
in the State of Uttar
Pradesh GAP (Phase-I)
projects were taken up
in six towns, namely Haridwar-Rishikesh,
Farrukhabad-Fatehgarh,
Kanpur, Allahabad, Mirzapur
and Varanasi. The Haridwar-Rishikesh
towns have now gone to
newly created state of
Uttranchal.
The
project aimed for abatement
of pollution of river
Ganga so as to bring the
water quality of the river
to bathing standards,
i.e. Bio-Chemical Oxygen
Demand (B.O.D.) to less
than 3.00 mg per litre
and the Dissolved Oxygen
(D.O.) to be more than
5.00 mg per litre. Due
to constraint of financial
resources, it was proposed
that only 63 percent of
sewage flowing into the
river Ganga would be diverted
in this phase of the project.
A total
of 106 schemes, costing
Rs. 184.84 Crores, were
executed in above
six towns, out of which,
56 schemes (including
Haridwar-Rishikesh) costing
Rs. 160.84 Crores were
Core sector schemes. The
schemes were financed
by Govt. of India through
100 percent grant-in-aid.
The works at Mirzapur
and Kanpur were executed
against financial assistance
from the Royal Netherlands
Govt.
In the year 1985 about
645.30 mld. Sewage was
flowing into the river
Ganga in the Five towns
covered in the GAP(Phase-I).
Out of above, 397.70 mld.
sewage ( which is almost
63% of the sewage generated)
has been diverted through
27 pumping stations constructed
in above five towns. For
the treatment of sewage,
9 sewage treatment plants
have been constructed
with an installed capacity
of 349.50 mld.. In addition
to above, under Non core
sector schemes total 11
crematoria, 12 sanitary
latrines and 8 river front
development works have
also been constructed.
The town wise details
are tabulated below:
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