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18/04/22 07:00 AM IST

Singapore International Water Week 2022

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  • Director General, National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) participated virtually in Singapore International Water Week, Water Convention 2022 and gave a presentation on ‘Status of Wastewater Generation, Treatment and Management in India.
Initiatives by Central Govt. 
  • The formation of Jal Shakti Ministry in 2019 “a historic moment”.
  • 'Catch the Rain: Where it Falls, When it Falls’ campaign under the Jal Shakti Abhiyan.
  • The focus of the Phase-II of Namami Gange Programme will be on sewerage infrastructure creation in the tributaries of Ganga such as Yamuna and scaling up of PPP development efforts.
Arth Ganga 
  • It implies a sustainable development model with a focus on economic activities related to Ganga.
  • As part of this process, farmers will be encouraged to engage in sustainable agriculture practices, including zero budget farming, planting of fruit trees and building plant nurseries on the banks of Ganga.
  • Above practices, along with creation of infrastructure for water sports and development of campsites, cycling and walking tracks etc., would help to tap the ‘hybrid’ tourism potential of the river basin area- for purposes of religious as well as adventure tourism.
  • Almost half of the Indian population lives around the Ganges River belt. Moreover, of India’s total freight, about 1/5th originates and 1/3rd terminates in the states around Ganges Belt. Thus, inland waterway is one of the most important pillars of “Arth Ganga”project."
  • One of the verticals of Arth Ganga is ‘Zero Budget Natural Farming’ which aims at facilitating the natural farming process by providing natural manure/soil conditioner made out of sludge and reduce the use of chemicals and fertilizers by the farmers thereby developing a circular economy model in sludge management with economic benefits to the stakeholders (farmers in this case).”
Source-PIB 

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