Dehradun:
International Chamber Of Media And Entertainment Industry in association with The
Institute of Applied System & Rural Development (IASRD) has decided to
sensitize more than million students of this country to know more about Clean
Ganga- Save Ganga project keeping in mind the water abuse in this country.
This
time 20,000 students of different schools of Rishikesh were motivated to get
into different exercises like painting competitions, cycling around the city,
banners, posters designing, writing competitions to create awareness about the
subject of Clean Ganga who were awarded by ICMEI for their sincere
participation.
Rishikesh
Public School & Ganga Action Pariwar (GAP) and Ministry of Earth Sciences
Govt. of India joined hands with ICMEI & IASRD to complete the targets and
mission declared by Sandeep Marwah President ICMEI and Dr. K.D.Gupta
Chairperson of Environment Committee of ICMEI.
There
are many factors, which are responsible for the present state of the Ganga,
prime being dumping of sewage by the drains into the river. Over 3 billion liters
of sewage & Garbage is daily carried & dumped into the river from the
numerous towns and cities situated on & along the bank of the river. Apart
from the sewage industrial effluents are being released directly, besides the
ritualistic practices, which are not eco -friendly. However lack of people’s
awareness and participation in controlling the factors responsible for
pollution is making the pollution go unabated.
“There
is an urgent need to promote awareness about the causes polluting Ganga among
people specially those living along its bank and enlist their participation in
the Clean Ganga Movement” said Sandeep Marwah President ICMEI.
“It
is necessary to shift our approach from engineering-centric to people-centric.
Any action plan for cleaning the river GANGA must involve the people of the
area and sensitizing school children to keep GANGA clean is a very
effective step to achieve the laudable goal of people’s participation” added
Dr. K.D. Gupta of ICMEI.
