AN NGO FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION, PROTECTION AND
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Pollution of Ganga at Kanpur
Ganga at Kanpur : A natural sewer, a garbage
depot, a morgue and more…
Why is Ganga most polluted at Kanpur ?
Ganga lacks water and flow at Kanpur
Kanpur is the most populated/polluted
town in Uttar Pradesh
Kanpur-An industrial town
Towns on both sides of the river
Kanpur Barrage
A Journey of the most polluted
stretch of the
river Ganga at Kanpur
Ganga Barrage commissioned in 2005
Ganga is allowed to flow through just one gate
during lean period
More water is needed during the
dry months
• There is no policy to augment the flow in
the river.
• Government plans to take 1600 mld from
the river at barrage by 2030.
• Hardly any water will be left for the
downstream.
Sisamau drain
Looks like a tributary of Ganga!!!
Sisamau drain discharges 140 MLD of
raw sewage into Ganga.
All efforts have failed to tap
Sisamau drain
• GAP I did partial tapping.
• Efforts were made during GAP II &
JNURM.
• Now a new project is being made under
NGRBA.
Toxic tannery effluent being bypassed
into sacred Ganga at Dapka ghat
Tannery discharging its effluent directly into Ganga
Toxic tannery effluent entering river Ganga at Kanpur
Tanneries are synonym with Ganga
pollution
• Government has been struggling with
tannery pollution for the last 30 years.
• We still do not know as how much tannery
wastewater is being generated.
• Shared system of treatment has failed.
• It should either be sole responsibility of the
government or tanneries.
Dead bodies
floating in
Ganga
Discarded clay idols along river Ganga
Dhobi Ghat in operation along river Ganga
A variety of
offerings to river
Ganga
Most of the houses treat Ganga as their backyard
Various Treatment
Plants built under
Ganga Action Plan
Phase I
Treatment plants
Neither Ganga friendly nor People friendly.
A BIG FAILURE !!!
Treated wastewater is used for irrigation
Wastewater (a mixture of
sewage and tannery effluent) as
irrigation water for Jajmau
farmlands containing hazardous
pollutants ….
Unsafe wastewater reaching farmlands
• The wastewater irrigation has impacted
the local environment, livelihoods and
health of the people.
• The food chain is also being poisoned and
the contaminated crops and the milk are
reaching the citizens of Kanpur.
Impact of wastewater irrigation on standing crops
Soil is adversely impacted by the wastewater
which contains toxicants from highly polluting
leather industries of Kanpur
Villagers with various
kinds of skin problems
(rashes, boils, papules,
vesicles, eczema, ring
worm, white spot,
blisters, decay of nails,
advance stages of
leprosy, numbness of
limbs)
Helpless victims of unsafe irrigation and drinking water
River Ganga can not be
cleaned/rejuvenated unless
• Flow in the river is augmented during the
dry months.
• Sewage and industrial effluent is stopped
from entering the river.
Can we do it?
• Can we augment the flow in the river?
How?
• How much time shall we need?
• Are we ready to dedicate the required
resources to treat the wastewater to safe
limits?
ThanksRakesh K Jaiswal
Eco Friends
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