India Serious on Environment Front
The Government of India has finally shown some earnest concern over the issue of water pollution.
This step has been pioneered by the Environment Minister of the Haryana state of the Indian constituency, Mr.
Ajay Singh Yadav.
Minister has expressed his deep concern on the increasing water pollution of the rivers like Yamuna and Ghaggar and finally approached the central government of India demanding a full stop or serious control of water pollution activities occurring on the soil of the states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh in India.
Not only the two rivers mentioned by the Haryana state Environment Minister are suffering from water pollution, but also other rivers of the region like Ravi, Satluj and Beas are in bad condition and stinks.
The state government of Punjab is also worried over these issues and is willing to take some sound steps for controlling pollution of water bodies under its constituency.
The respected Chief Minister of Punjab, Mr.
Parkash Singh Badal, is seriously pushing a centrally funded project for cleaning the rivers flowing through Punjab, but the results are still not visible.
The estimated monetary cost of this project is about 138.
8 million INR, which was a considerable amount for the central government of India to issue.
Providing such a magnificent aid for controlling the pollution of water bodies gives a clear indication of the seriousness of Indian government on the environmental issues.
The major sources of water pollution in these areas are: industrial discharges, municipal wastes and chemical and pesticide runoff from the agricultural land.
Although, government of all the states involved have been able to control the industrial discharges and municipal wastes polluting water bodies by passing suitable laws and appointing regulation bodies, but the runoff from the agricultural land is still an unaddressed factor responsible for most of the water pollution.
It is the high time that the governments of all Indian states should initiate some awareness programs educating farmers of the various ill effects of the wrong agricultural practices and excessive use of chemicals on their fields.
This step has been pioneered by the Environment Minister of the Haryana state of the Indian constituency, Mr.
Ajay Singh Yadav.
Minister has expressed his deep concern on the increasing water pollution of the rivers like Yamuna and Ghaggar and finally approached the central government of India demanding a full stop or serious control of water pollution activities occurring on the soil of the states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh in India.
Not only the two rivers mentioned by the Haryana state Environment Minister are suffering from water pollution, but also other rivers of the region like Ravi, Satluj and Beas are in bad condition and stinks.
The state government of Punjab is also worried over these issues and is willing to take some sound steps for controlling pollution of water bodies under its constituency.
The respected Chief Minister of Punjab, Mr.
Parkash Singh Badal, is seriously pushing a centrally funded project for cleaning the rivers flowing through Punjab, but the results are still not visible.
The estimated monetary cost of this project is about 138.
8 million INR, which was a considerable amount for the central government of India to issue.
Providing such a magnificent aid for controlling the pollution of water bodies gives a clear indication of the seriousness of Indian government on the environmental issues.
The major sources of water pollution in these areas are: industrial discharges, municipal wastes and chemical and pesticide runoff from the agricultural land.
Although, government of all the states involved have been able to control the industrial discharges and municipal wastes polluting water bodies by passing suitable laws and appointing regulation bodies, but the runoff from the agricultural land is still an unaddressed factor responsible for most of the water pollution.
It is the high time that the governments of all Indian states should initiate some awareness programs educating farmers of the various ill effects of the wrong agricultural practices and excessive use of chemicals on their fields.
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