Emphasis based actions list quarried
from the
opinions
A great number of positive, negative, and neutral comments on different
areas of the ’Namami Gange Programme’ were logged and thoroughly
reviewed in an unbiased way, providing numerous actionable points that
are addressed individually in the following sections of this review.
Based on these comments, a bulleted list of tasks was extracted and
duplicated below in order to weave a framework-based solution to the
project’s core challenges.
- Conservation of water and connecting every household to the tapped
water supply and a sanitation system.
- Connect Ganga Panchayats, villages, taluks, towns, etc. along the
Ganga River to economic model of ‘Arth Ganga’.
- Ganga centric economic activities to create livelihood opportunities.
- Concern of sustainability of the projects regarding Ganga cleansing.
- Reducing chemical use around Ganga banks, promoting sustainable and
safe farming practices like Organic and Natural farming.
- Promoting business activities, like freshwater fisheries, and
eco-tourism along Ganga River.
- Licensing, Branding, Certification, and Training activities related to
Ganga or Ganga products.
- Periodic monitoring and control strategies using GIS mapping,
Geo-tagging and Geo-fencing technologies.
- Herbal gardens, and tree plantation drives in a transparent and
sustainable manner.
- Assessment of model pilot projects for their scalability.
- Focus on Himalayan River conservation programs.
- Promotion of field surveys, household visits, and group discussions to
collect data on Traditional farming methods, especially flood
recession farming (FRF), and micro-irrigation techniques.
- Soil health monitoring using advance surveillance mechanism to curb
soil erosion and support good farming practices.
- The Dolphin Conservation Program may be jeopardised by ’Arth Ganga’
initiatives because dolphins may be harmed as a result of noise from
jetties and ferries or other economic activities.
- Urban water management, and revitalization of rain-fed rivers,
especially the major tributaries of Ganga, supported by the mapping of
whole river body, creating awareness, rejuvenation of wetlands, and
other practices.
- STP generated sludge management, using the concept of ‘sludge to
compost’ and ‘Bio CNG’ derived entirely from urban sewage sludge.
Based on these deliberations, we have proposed a solution to the vexing
challenge of rejuvenating and cleaning the Ganga.