FOOLPROOF POLLUTION-CONTROL OF INDIAN RIVERS

The Indian rivers have become polluted and unfit for many of their ben eficial uses. The quality management programs could not be success for most Indian rivers, and the failure of the Ganga Action Plan is well documented. India has many special problems which adversely affect the various pollution control strategies. The author has carried out a ge nesis of all such problems and suggested a foolproof strategy which al one can restore the Indian rivers to their pristine pollution free qua lity status.