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Yamuna Action Plan-A project by Government of India and Japan

Water quality of the two important rivers of the country Ganga and Yamuna was tested.By compared to the Ganga ,Yamuna river water was considered as clear blue.This test was happened in 1909.About a century later,Yamuna is the most polluted river of the country.Industrialisation, urbanization and population growth lead to the increased level of pollution.YAP to clean the dirtiest river of the country formally launched in 1993.The YAP has so far completed two phases.

Yamuna Action Plan-1
In 1977-78 Central pollution control board initiated a study to assess the status of pollution of River Yamuna over its 1200 km.This study revealed the major cause of pollution is discharge of domestic waste water into the river which is about two-third of the pollution.The remaining is the contribution of agriculture and industries. On the basis of this findings the Government of India decided to take up water quality restoration measures named as Yamuna Action Plan under the Ganga Action Plan-2.The Japan Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC) provided financial assistance for implementation of Yamuna Action Plan in 1990.Yamuna Action Plan 1 was the Yamuna Action Plan which was launched in 1993

The YAP 1 was scheduled for completion in April 2002 ,But the planned project continued till 2003.It was called as extended phase of YAP-1. YAP was entrusted under the National River Conservation Directorate in Ministry of Environment and Forest.The financial assistance which provided by the JBIC as a soft loan of 17.77 billion YEN for pollution abatement works in 15 towns . Beneficiary states were Haryana(6 billion YEN),Uttar Pradesh (8 billion YEN),and Delhi (3.77 billion YEN).YAP -1 pollution abatement in 21 towns.The approved cost of YAP-1 was 5.09 billion Indian Rupees.

Yamuna Action Plan-2
In order to achieve the desired river standard Ministry of Environment and Forest Government of India launched YAP-2 in December 2004.It was scheduled to complete by September 2008.JBIC singnd a new loan agreement with MoEF of 13.33 billion YEN.

TERI Analysis on YAN
A study of The Energy and Resourse Institute(TERI) has found that Yamuna needs approximatly 3.46 billion liter per day of freash flow of water to be able to sustain aquatic life and support day to day activities of people living on its banks .The figure is almost equivalent to the amount of drinking water the city needs everyday. However ,not even a fraction of that is being added to the Delhi stretch of the river now. TERI researches say there is no data on addition of fresh water as most of it is sewage.The study that assessed data from various monitoring agencies for the past 10 years also suggested that the Yamuna Action Plan may have failed to improve water quality but it has not deteriorated drastically either after its implementation.


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