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Bridging the GAP in Kanpur Ganga: Failure of Monitoring Agencies Causes Pollution Disaster in Village

Researcher: Praveen Singh 

The study looks at the conflict between the Jajmau villages (in Kanpur) and the UP Jal Nigam (UPJN) which is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Ganga Action Plan (GAP) installations; between the Leather Industries (LI) on the one side, and the UPJN and the UP Pollution Control Board on the other side; and indirectly between the villages and the LIs.

After tracing the environmental disaster brewing in the villages for the past two decades, it discusses how the implementation of GAP has failed to ameliorate the situation. Instead it has further increased the vulnerability of the people of these villages through the influx of toxic chemicals in the eco-system. Despite efforts by civil society organisations and protests by the villagers to draw attention to the problem, state agencies have failed to resolve the conflict.

 

Contact: cised@isec.ac.in 

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