5/19/2010 1 IIT Bombay IIT Delhi IIT Guwahati IIT KanpurIIT KharagpurIIT Madras IIT Roorkee Preparation ofGanga River Basin Management Plan Proposal Presentation onWednesday, Ma y 19, 2010 ParyavaranBhavan, New Delhi Coordinator: Dr Vinod Tare, ProfessorEnvironmental Engineering and Management Programme Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur KANPUR - INDIA byLessons from the Past GAP I & II and YAP One day workshop on Global Experiences in the River Clean-up and Basin Management – Rele vanc e of the Ganga (Organised jointly byWorld Bank/MOEF) • Ganga is d iffere nt • Indian experience s can not be dup licated (Sabarmati Expe rience) International Experience on River Basin Management Can we afford to Experiment with River Like Ganga ? Apply modern science and new technologies but with traditional wisdom Precautionary Principles must apply whereverknowledge gaps and uncertainties exist Eutrophication Causative Agents Solutions Realization – P Ban Condition of Rivers and Lakes Ozone Hole Sources that harm ozone layer• Soluti on s • Rea liz ati on – Ban CFC s • Cau sat ive Age nts GRBM: Objective Maintenance and restoration of wholesomeness ofGanga system and improvement of its ecological health with due regard to conflict of interest in wateruses in entire river basin
