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Dr.Susan Sharma
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July 10, 2010
For the first time, seven Indian Institutes of Technology will prepare a comprehensive river basin management plan for Ganga.
While earlier the Union Ganga River Basin Authority was looking upon international agencies to produce the plan which would include not only a blueprint of the sewage systems along the basin but also the dams that are being planned, the joint bid by IIT swung
it in favour of Indian engineers. The river basin plan will aim to have adequate provision for water and energy in the Ganga basin to accommodate the pressures of increased population, urbanization, industrialization and agriculture while ensuring the sanctity
of the fundamental aspects of the river system are protected. The twin demands of perennial flow and clean waters would be the two benchmarks to be met.
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http://iitdalumni.com/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=97
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