New Delhi: National Mission for Clean Ganga, in association with GIZ India, organised an International workshop in New Delhi on River Basin Management at different levels and the role of River Basin Organisations (RBOs) in support of Ganga Rejuvenation. It focused on institutional set-ups that are needed for RBOs to achieve and implement effective river basin management towards joint objective.
It brought together around 60 representatives from various large river basins and River Basin Organisations around the world, including India, as well as of key authorities in the Ganga River Basin.
Also Read: Ganga Cleanup: 10 Projects Worth Rs. 1,573 Crore Approved For Cleaning Ganga
This exchange between different stakeholders aimed to demonstrate how river basin management processes are coordinated in other large river basins making use of River Basin Organisations and related institutional set-ups at all implementation levels. The workshop was a combination of presentations, plenary and panel discussions as well as break-out groups in order to achieve the best possible exchange and outcomes.
While taking about significance of workshop, Director General of National Mission of Clean Ganga, Rajiv Ranjan Mishra said, when you look at River Basin Management, there will be multiple aspects and if some country has done very well in one aspect then we can pick up that. So, if we will study many experiences and then look at them in an intelligent way as simply copying the aspect will not help us, then we can adapt them properly and it will be very useful in achieving our mission of ‘Namami Gange’.
Also Read: Ganga Clean Up: A Task Force Helps Clean The River In Pryagraj
To this, Martina Burkard, Project Director of GIZ India added, a lot has already been done regarding the Integrated River Basin Management plans for Ganga but now it’s about implementation and facing the challenges by learning from the experiences of other River Basin Organisations in the world.
In India, many institutions at national and state level are currently involved in the work and efforts to rejuvenate the river Ganga but such discussions will further trigger ideas towards an institutional set-up of NMCG towards optimised Ganga River Basin Management.
NDTV – Dettol Banega Swachh India campaign lends support to the Government of India’s Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM). Helmed by Campaign Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan, the campaign aims to spread awareness about hygiene and sanitation, the importance of building toilets and making India open defecation free (ODF) by October 2019, a target set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, when he launched Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in 2014. Over the years, the campaign has widened its scope to cover issues like air pollution, waste management, plastic ban, manual scavenging and menstrual hygiene. The campaign has also focused extensively on marine pollution, clean Ganga Project and rejuvenation of Yamuna, two of India’s major river bodies.
