1. GANGA ACTION
PLAN

2. Introduction
Ganga runs its course of over 2500 kms from Gangotri in the Himalayas to
Ganga Sagar in the Bay of Bengal through 29 cities with population over
1,00,000 (‘class-I cities’), 23 cities with population between 50,000 and
1,00,000 (‘class-II cities’), and about 48 towns. It is a river with which the
people of India are attached spiritually and emotionally. Department of
Environment, in December 1984, prepared an action plan for immediate
reduction of pollution load on the river Ganga. The Cabinet approved the
GAP (Ganga Action Plan)in April 1985 as a 100 per cent centrally
sponsored scheme.
. To oversee the implementation of the GAP and to lay down policies
and programmes, Government of India constituted the CGA (Central
Ganga Authority)in February 1985, renamed as the NRCA (National River
Conservation Authority)in September 1995, under the chairmanship of the
Prime Minister. The Government also established the GPD (Ganga Project
Directorate)in June 1985 as a wing of Department of Environment, to
execute the projects under the guidance and supervision of the CGA. The
Government renamed the GPD as the NRCD (National River Conservation
Directorate)in June 1994.

3. No of towns
Total
River
UP
Bihar
6
4
WB
Haryana
Delhi
GAP-I
Ganga
State
Uttar Pradesh
Ganga
Yamuna
1473.23
25
388.09
Bihar
16
10
West Bengal
227.48
23
750.23
118.00
8 Delhi
Haryana
20.00
3 Total
2793.94
Damodar
Total
Capacity created
(In mld)
GAP-II
Gomati
15
Targeted Sewage
323.00
8
33
42
341.60
12 20.00
228.00
1
1095.69
**21
3
4
22
*49
12
12
1
110

4. GANGA
ACTION PLAN
GAPI
TOWNS (4)
GAP II
RIVERS (1)
RIVERS (3)

5. RIVERS AND TOWNS
UNDER
GANGA ACTION PLAN
6
5
4
3
NO OF TOWNS
NO OF RIVERS
2
1
0
GAP I
GAP II

6. GAP I
NO . OF TOWNS
UP 6
BIHAR 4
W.B 15
HARYANA
DELHI

7. GAP II
STATES & RIVERS
25
20
UP
15
BIHAR
W.B
10
HARYANA
DELHI
5
0
GANGA
YAMUNA
GOMTI
DAMODAR

8. INDUSTRIAL
POLLUTION
CONTROL OF
BACTERIAL LOAD
WATER QUALITY
MONITORING
UNDER
GAP

9. The following table gives the status of installation of ETPs in the States:
Source: Reports of the Pollution Control Boards of the participating States.
Number of Units
Closed
ETPs under
construction
ETPs not
functioning
properly
47
9
-
18
96
77
16
3
33
Uttar Pradesh
117
96
21
-
8
Delhi
428
80
-
-
-
Bihar
35
35
-
-
3
Total
732
335
46
3
62
State
Grossly
ETPs installed
polluting units
Haryana
56
West Bengal

10. GROSS POLLUTING UNITS &
ETP INSTALLED
450
400
350
300
250
GROSSLY POLLUTING UNITS
200
ETP INSTALED
150
100
50
0
HARYANA
WEST
BENGAL
UTTAR
PRADESH
DELHI
BIHAR