The Swatcha Ganga Campaign

The Sankat Mochan Foundation is a non profit organisation dedicated to cleaning the Ganges River. Since 1982, the Sankat Mochan Foundation has been campaigning to get the sewage out of the religous bathing areas of the Ganges River in Varanasi. The Government of India initiated the first stage of the Ganga Action Plan in 1984. Three sewage treatment plants and an electric crematorium were built, leading local people to believe that, at last, something practical had been …

…and 100,000 people have agreed to build the dam walls for the oxidation ponds, as an act of religous devotion dedicated to cleaning the river. Plans have also been made to install deep tube wells in the local villages. Initial research indicates that deep strata of ground water is still clean, and will remain so for at least ten years. Installation of the wells will form part of the development of a whole village environmental plan.