A presentation on current day scenario of depletion of "Mother River" Ganga, a river treated as a divine path to god and immortality is fighting for its own existence today. Also contains a little description of water pollution and silver linings of Ganga purification

1. Water Pollution
Introduction
and a case study on River
Ganga
by:- Saurav Kumar Nanda
Sourav Lahiri

2. Water Pollution in
simple terms
“ Contamination of Water Bodies”

3. Causes

4. Its Adversities
• Damage to the marine
life
• Misbalance in ecosystem
• Degradation of land
water
• Diseases to human

5. Where Scenario Stands
• China has the most polluted rivers in the world.
• 98% of China’s sewage goes untreated in the rivers
and 320 million people in China doesn’t have access to
clean drinking water.
• India is among the top ten countries in context of
polluted rivers and water bodies, Our neighbor China
Tops the chart.
• 83% of the diseases are caused by consuming unsafe
drinking water.
• Asia has the most number of polluted rivers, polluted
mainly due to bacterial formation from human waste.
• According to UNICEF 3000 children die everyday
because of drinking contaminated water

6. Case Study
Ganga river pollution
From Deity To Dirty

7. As Statistics Say :-
# Ganges is the sixth most polluted river in the world.
# Toxicity of Ganges has risen 3000 times over the safe limit
as manifested by WHO.
# 1 Billion litre’s of untreated sewage is dumped everyday in
Ganges.
# The river has its path across 101 different cities and
villages, most of the villages rely on Ganges for their daily
drinking water requirement.
# The river provides water to 40% of the total population in
India, largest that any other river.

8. Reasons for her pollution:-
# Human waste (prime reason)
# Industrial waste ( low 12%, but majorly concerned due to
toxicity of the waste and non bio-degradability
# Religious Events
# Delinquency (Not lack of awareness or Knowledge of
vulnerability of the
situation, but due to obstinateness and lack of
conviction to amend)
“ One day of worship, decade long
despisement”

9. “I could clean
your sins, but I
can not clean
your wastes”

11. Effects:-
# Mercury level of Ganges perched
to 84%
# Depletion of surrounding wildlife
# Effects on mankind

12. “Winds of change”
# Ganga action plan:- 1986, withdrawn on 31st
march 2000.
# National River Ganga Basin Authority:-
formed under central government
of India 20th Feb 2004 section 3 Act 1986.
# Measures undertaken by supreme court
# Namami Gange :- Integrated Ganga
development project, inaugurated
by union finance minister Mr. Arun Jaietly.

13. Pioneers of Ganga Purification:-
Late Swami Nigamananda Sararwati:- in a diligent effort to save
Ganga from illegal mining in the district of Haridwar, he fasted to
death, following his death in June 2011, his disciple Swami
Shivananda had taken from thereupon and finally after 11 days
Uttrakhand Givernment banned illegal mining from the district.
Professor G.D. Agrawal:- “ The force behind NRGBA sewage
treatment”
Along with activist Anna Hazare, he agreed then P.M of India Mr.
Manmohan Singh to sanction 26 billion rupees to invest in ganga
sewerage treatment plant, cleaning, development of riverfronts
and community toilets near Ganga Basin.

14. “My Planet, My responsibility”
“Count to million starts from one”

15. “ What we can do to decrease
water pollution”
# Do not drain cooking oil, paints, fat from cooking, oil or grease down the sink,
keep a fat jar under the sink and discard the solid waste afterwards.
# Do not dispose household chemicals, polythene, shampoo pouches, plastic waste,
cigarette buds etc. down the toilet, dispose them as solid waste separately.
# Do not throw litter, garbage or likewise stuffs in rivers, lakes or ponds rather
collect and put them in nearby dustbin baskets.
“GO GREEN, GO CLEAN”