Varanasi: Note Environmental Scientists and Chair of the Mahamana Malaviya Research Center for Ganges Management, River Development and Water Resources at Hindu Banaras University, Prof.
BD Tripathi has urged the government to take immediate steps to determine the sources of micro pollution in Ganga water.
, as claimed by a study conducted by Link toxics NGOs based in Delhi in collaboration with the National Institute of Oceanography, Goa.
This study is known to claim that Ganga in Varanasi, Kanpur and Haridwar are polluted with various types of plastic.
The highest concentration of plastic products is single and secondary use found in water in Varanasi.
Microplastic is a fragment of all types of plastic less than 5mm.
“If that is true, it is a serious problem, and the government must take immediate action in this matter,” Tripathi told toI on Sunday.
“It must know how plastic fragments, which are substances that are not degraded, are increasingly mixed with ganga water in Varanasi and other places,” he said, adding that the government must carry out the right investigation, because it is a serious concern for health and environment , However, Tripathi added that he had never found such microplastic pollution in Ganga in Varanasi.
He has pioneered research on Ganga water pollution in Varanasi and studied various pollution aspects and suggested a method for controlling and managing the Eco-System Ganga.
“If microplastic pollution is in Ganga, it is a dangerous thing, which must be addressed immediately,” Tripathi said.
However, officials boarded the pollution control board denied all types of plastic pollution in Ganges in Varanasi.
“There is regular monitoring about the use of single plastic use along the river.
People also realize it,” said the Regional Officer of the UPPCB Kalika Singh.
According to the rules of plastic waste (management and handling), the state pollution control board and the pollution control committee in the United States are the authority to enforce the provisions of rules related to registration, manufacture of plastic products, and multi-layered packaging, processing and plastic waste disposal.
“There are around 16-17 units engaged in producing plastic sheets for goods packaging.
They are not permitted to produce a plastic sheet of less than 50 microns,” Singh told Toi, adding that these units use plastic bottles and other plastic materials that can be recycled Reset is collected by cloth pickers.
However, there is no data related to the generation of plastic waste from Gutkha Sachet, Paan Masala, plastic wrapping and other consumer goods.
Environment Urges the Government to Find Microplastics Sources in Ganga
