NGRBA

Ministry of Environment & Forests

Government Of India

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Facts at a Glance

Length: 2,525 sq.km

Source:Gaumukh (Gangotri glacier) at 4,100 metres above MSL.

Ganga basin: more than one million sq.km (1,060,000 sq.km).

Position: East longitudes 7330and 89 0 and North latitudes of 2230 and 3130.

Drainage area: 861,404 sq.km .

State:11states viz.U.P, M.P, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Haryana, HimachalPradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, WestBengal and Delhi.

Rivers:14Rivers viz.,Betwa, Chambal,Damodar, Gandak, Ganga, Ghaghra, Gomti, Hindon, Kali, Khan, Kosi, Kshipra, Ramganga, and Yamuna.

Population Support:43% of its population (448.3 million as per 2001 census).

Average Rainfall: varies between 39 cm to 200 cm, with an average of 110cm.

National Ganga River Basin Authority

The need for revamping the river conservation programme was widely recognised in view of the shortcomings in the approach followed in GAP. It was felt necessary that a new holistic approach based on river basin as the unit of planning and institutional redesign may be adopted. Accordingly, the Government of India has given Ganga the status of a National River and has constituted the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) on 20th February 2009 under Section 3(3) of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. The NGRBA is a planning, financing, monitoring and coordinating body of the centre and the states. The objective of the NGRBA is to ensure effective abatement of pollution and conservation of the river Ganga by adopting a river basin approach for comprehensive planning and management. ..

Ganga Action Plan

Gap Phase I

GAP Phase 1

The Ganga Action Plan (GAP) Phase - I which was taken up as 100% Centrally funded scheme and aimed at preventing the pollution of river Ganga and to improve ... More.

Gap Phase II

GAP Phase II

The program of river cleaning was extended to other major rivers of the country under two separate schemes of GAP Phase - II and the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP)... More.