Funds for Ganga Rejuvenation
The details of the funds
allocated in the last three Financial Year from 2013-14 to 2015-16 (till
28.02.2017) are given below:-
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National Mission for Clean Ganga
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Funds allocated for Ganga Rejuvenation in the FY from
2013-14 to 2015-16(Rs. In crore)
|
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FY
|
BE
|
RE
|
|
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2013-14
|
355.00
|
309.00
|
|
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2014-15
|
2,137.00
|
2,053.00
|
|
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2015-16
|
2,750.00
|
1,650.00
|
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The four stretches of river Ganga where Biological
Oxygen Demand (BOD) levels are more than permissible limits, as monitored by
CPCB, is given in table below:-
|
State
|
Stretch
|
identified
Length of stretch (km)
|
BOD
range/ max
value
(mg/l)
|
|
Uttarakhand
|
Haridwar to
Sultanpur Adampur
|
10
|
4.2-5.8
|
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
Kannauj
to Varanasi
|
450
|
3.8-16.9
|
|
Bihar
|
Buxar to
Bhagalpur
|
40
|
7.8-27
|
|
West
Bengal
|
Tribeni
to Diamond Harbour
|
50
|
3.1-5.8
|
In other stretches, BOD levels are within permissible
limit i.e = <3mg/l. However, as per monitoring reports of CPCB, entire
stretch of river Ganga has high levels of faecal coilform against the
prescribed standard.
This information was given by
Union Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga
Rejuvenation Shri Vijay Goel in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Samir/jk
(Release ID :159001)
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