{"id":121008,"date":"2021-07-24T19:41:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T14:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=121008"},"modified":"2021-07-24T19:43:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T14:13:09","slug":"the-gangas-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-gangas-message\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ganga\u2019s message"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source<\/b>:\u00a0The Hindu<\/a><\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>: India must take its laws on waste seriously to stop microplastics pollution.<\/p>\n

Synopsis<\/b>: Microplastic pollution around the world demands the proper implementation of existing laws and global collaboration.<\/p>\n

Introduction:<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The Ganga might have stood witness to many stages of India\u2019s civilisation. But in recent decades it has become a conduit for sewage, solid waste, industrial effluents, and other pollutants.<\/p>\n

But the recent study by a Delhi-based environment NGO highlighted heavy microplastic pollution in Ganga at Haridwar, Kanpur, and Varanasi. These range from tyres, clothing, food packaging, cosmetics with microbeads, garland covers, and other municipal waste.<\/p>\n

The study also finds that there are significant levels of microscopic particles invisible to the naked eye at below 300 micrometers to 5 millimeters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more:<\/strong> Analysis by NGO reveals microplastics in Ganga<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Other challenges with the Ganga:<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Official data indicates that 97 Ganga towns may be discharging about 750 million litres of untreated sewage a day<\/strong> into the river.<\/p>\n

This questions the progress of two high-priority, well-funded missions (Swachh Bharat (to deal with solid waste) and Namami Gange (to rid the river of its pollution)).<\/p>\n

Reason for microplastic increase in Ganga:<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The Centre recently issued a draft to tighten the Plastic Waste Management Rules<\/strong>, but cities have failed to implement existing rules.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Similarly, the Solid Waste Management Rules<\/strong>, on ending single-use plastics, waste segregation, recycling labels on packaging, extended producer responsibility for manufacturers, and recovery of materials were not implemented properly<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The threat of Microplastics:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Microplastics, recorded in recent times in the remotest of places \u2014 Mount Everest, Arctic snow, and the depths of the Mariana Trench, etc.\u00a0Microplastics pose a hazard as plastics production outpaces the ability of governments to collect and manage<\/strong> waste.<\/p>\n

Suggestions:<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Plastic wastes around the world are threatening the food web, and the crisis demands a new global treaty modeled on the Montreal Protocol and the Paris Agreement<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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