Question

An ambitious plan to save the river Ganga is called:
(A) Ganga Action Plan
(B) Ganga Junction Plan
(C) Ganga Activation Plan
(D) Ganga Action Planet

Answer 1

In 1986, the Prime minister of India, Rajeev Gandhi, with the ambition of pollution abatement and improvement of water quality, started a plan. The plan was prepared by the Department of Environment, now known as the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

Complete Step by step solution:
Prime minister Rajeev Gandhi, with the ambition of ending pollution and improving water quality, started the Ganga Action Plan in 1986. The main objective of Ganga action plan was to improve water quality of the river Ganga to acceptable standards by interception, treating and diverting domestic sewage. Also, by preventing toxic industrial, chemical, nuclear waste from entering the river. By preventing pollution load to reach the river. The other objectives of Ganga Action plan are as follows,
Control of disposal of human remains, human defecation, cattle wallowing.
Research and development to conserve and save the biotic diversity of the river to increase its productivity.
Development of sewage treatment technology like Up- flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket.
Sewage treatment
Rehabilitation of soft-shell turtles to decrease or stop the water pollution as turtles help in cleaning water.
Use of aquaculture for revenue generation.
To start similar actions in other such polluted rivers.
Resource recovery option like methane generation for energy production.
The ultimate objective of Ganga action plan is to have an approach of integrated river basin management considering the various dynamic interactions between abiotic and biotic eco -system.
Therefore, the correct answer is option A that is Ganga Action Plan.

Note:
Ganga is the longest river of India. It rises from the Western Himalayas in India from the state of Uttarakhand and empties in the Bay of Bengal. Most big cities of India are situated on the banks of river Ganga, like Kolkata, Allahabad, Varanasi etc.