Ganga research institute recommended

Updated on: Thursday, November 05, 2009

Varnasi: The international Congress on Recent Advances in Environmental Sciences and Technology recommended the setting up of a national Ganga river basin research institute for developing innovative treatment technologies for the sewage and industrial effluents, recycling of solid waste, conservation of water and aquatic animals in the Ganga and other related issues with the eco-development of the Ganga river basin.

The recommendation of the experts came on the first anniversary day of the declaration of the Ganga as the National River of India (November 4, 2008) on Wednesday, when the three-day congress concluded at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU). The congress was organised by the Centre for Environmental Science and Technology (CEST), BHU.

A session of the congress was devoted on eco-development of Ganga river basin and the issues relating to minimal ecological flow and its conservation after the declaration of the Ganga as National River was discussed at length.

The congress also recommended to ensure minimum ecological flow in terms of quality and quantity for all the tributaries of the Ganga and the river, and restrain any such activity, including discharge of untreated sewage, which polluted the river basin. The other recommendations for Ganga included constitution of three-tier water conservation society at all levels of education and mass awareness among people on issues relating to water conservation, water harvesting, water recharge, river ecosystem and development of green belt of 100-m on both banks of the Ganga and its tributaries to check soil erosion and discharge of pollutants.

According the Prof BD Tripathi, coordinator of CEST, over 200 scientists from various parts of India and abroad participated in the congress and more than 100 scientific papers were presented. The congress concluded with the recommendations on burning environmental issues like global warming, climate change, sustainable development, carbon trading, nuclear energy, environmental pollution, natural resource degradation, biodiversity conservation, population explosion, environmental economics, echo-friendly technologies, waste management, energy resource management.

The recommendations would be forwarded to the Prime Minister and other appropriate bodies for consideration and necessary action, said Tripathi.

Ganga research institute recommended

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