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state a short note on ganga action plan?

On 14 January 1986, the former prime minister of India, Rajeev Gandhi launched a programme named the Ganga action plan in order to reduce the pollution of the River Ganga. The main objective or need of this plan was as follows:1) To improve the water quality of the river Ganga.2) Treatment of the domestic sewage, industrial waste, toxic chemicals and harmful pollutants discharged into the river.3) Control of pollution such as waste from agricultural, human defecation, throwing of unburnt and half burnt bodies into the river.4) Rehabilitation of soft shelled turtles which may be used for the purpose of pollution abatement of the river.

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The Ganga Action Plan or GAP was a program launched by Rajiv Gandhi in April 1986 in order to reduce the pollution load on the river. But the efforts to decrease the pollution level in the river became more after spending Rs 901.71 Crore Ganga Action Plan. Therefore, this plan was withdrawn on 31 March 2000. The steering Committee of the National River Conservation Authority reviewed the progress of the GAP and necessary correction on the basis of lessons learned and experiences gained from the GAP phase; 2 schemes have been completed under this plan. A million litres of sewage is targeted to be intercepted, diverted and treated. Phase-II of the program was approved in stages from 1993 onwards, and included the following tributaries of the Ganges: Yamuna, Gomti, Damodar and Mahananda. As of 2011[update], it is currently under implementation

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