IIT BHU to tie up with French partners for clean Ganga mission

A team of French scientists will visit India next year to help researchers develop a holistic and viable approach towards attaining the objective. 

As per a report published in The Times of India, the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, (IIT BHU) has decided to join hands with French international partners in the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG). A team of French scientists will visit India in this regard next year.  

Apart from this, to boost this objective, IIT BHU has collaborated to build solar-plus lithium battery solutions to replace diesel generator (DG) sets on boats. IIT BHU Director Pramod Kumar Jain said, “The recently held conference towards the complete restoration of river health shows our larger contribution towards social and environmental solutions.”  

He said Varanasi is located on the banks of the Ganga, and in the past few years, it has been observed that the water has been heavily polluted. The Government of India has taken various initiatives for a cleaner Ganga and that has been an incredible approach but additionally, it is also important to understand the root cause of the pollution. 

“Therefore, our faculty members, students and various experts came on board to discuss and implement concrete solutions towards the health restoration of the Ganga. It is imperative to conduct an expert discussion helping the researchers to develop a holistic and viable approach attaining our core objective,” he said. 

IIT BHU recently organised a two-day international conference on ‘River Health: Assessment to Restoration’ in hybrid mode. The core objective of the conference was to initiate the dialogue about the tributaries of Ganga — Varuna and Assi — and emphasise the restoration of these tributaries for complete health restoration of the Ganga.  

In addition, the conference also aimed to collect, compile and comprehend all facts and figures related to the tributaries which play an important role and will further help in their health restoration, the report added. 

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