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| Environmental
Study During Kumbh-2001 At Prayag (Allahabad) |
| Foreword
Mass
bathing causes deterioration of water quality at various stretches of rivers.
The Kumbh at Prayag is very significant among all the Kumbh. CPCB conducted c:
intensive monitoring of mass bathing on several auspicious occasions, when lakhs
of people gathered and took dip in rivers. The present study deals with the environmental
effects of Kumbh-2001 at Prayag (Allahabad).
Due to significance of mass
bathing at Allahabad during Kumbh Mela, the collaborative studies have been undertaken
by the Pollution Control Research Institute, BHEL, Hardwar and the Central Pollution
Control Board to ascertain the impact of mass bathing on river water
quality | |
during Kumbh Mela at Allahabad. The study during Maha Kumbh-2001
at Prayag would help in making environmental management plan during Kumbh festivals
in future.
The assistance and support provided by officials of District
Administration, Allahabad; Kumbh Mela Administration; Director, Bioved Research
Society during the course of the study is gratefully acknowledged. We believe,
the study will be useful to District Administration and concerned agencies for
formulating Environmental Management Plan for maintaining healthy environment
and proper hygiene to bathers during future Kumbh Melas. |
Dilip Biswas Chairman, CPCB | |
