Question raised in Lok Sabha on Sewage Treatment Plants Under GAP, 30/03/2017. Namami Gange aims to focus on pollution abatement interventions namely Interception, diversion & treatment of waste water flowing through the open drains through bio-remediation / appropriate in-situ treatment / use of innovative technologies / Sewage Treatment Plant (STPs) / Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs); rehabilitation and augmentation of existing STPs and Immediate short term measures for arresting pollution at exit points on river front to prevent inflow of sewage etc. into the river; Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) for major industrial clusters and Operation & Maintenance (O&M) for a definite period etc. Apart from these projects, interventions on rural sanitation, river front development / management, solid waste / pious refuse management, sewerage network, river surface cleaning, afforestation and bio-diversity conservation also included.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/question-raised-lok-sabha-sewage-treatment-plants-under-gap-30032017
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/river-pollution
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