Second National Ganga River Basin Project

The objective of the Second National Ganga River Basin Project for India is to reduce point-source pollution from targeted Urban Areas of the Ganga river basin and support the Central Ministry to strengthen the institutional framework for Ganga river basin management. The Project has five components. 1. Institutional Development component has four subcomponents. 1.1. Strengthening of the institutional framework for Ganga basin management subcomponent will provide technical and analytical support for the carrying out of a comprehensive analysis of: (a) the functions and mandates of institutions involved with aspects of Ganga river basin management; (b) the relevant laws and regulations; and (c) possible options for NMCG to operationalize its mandate, all taking into account climate change and gender gaps; 1.2. Development and application of tools to monitor and inform decision-making for river basin management subcomponent provides technical and analytical support for: (a) establishing critical tools to improve river basin management and inform decision-making; (b) carrying out a detailed evidence-based, participatory investigation of environmental flow options, for all river reaches across the Ganga basin where substantial flow regime modification has occurred; and (c) strengthening institutional capacity to collate, manage and share data and information on the Ganga basin, including gender disaggregated data, and to implement strategic communications and outreach. 1.3. Support to strengthen Project States governments’ and Urban Local Bodies’ (ULBs’) capacity for wastewater service delivery and river management subcomponent will focus on: (a) Strengthening the capacity of selected States in studying possible options, roles and responsibility sharing between the parastatal Executing Agency (EA) and participating ULBs for Operations and Maintenance (O and M) arrangements of wastewater service delivery with the aim of ensuring long-term sustainability of service...