Ganga Task Force

Ganga Task Force

• The Ganga Task Force is a unit of the Territorial Army deployed in the services of the Ganga.
• It consists of 3 companies of over 100 men each to be stationed at Kanpur, Allahabad and Varanasi, with the Battalion headquarters at Allahabad.
• It is formed with the approval of Ministry of Defence and trained by the Defence ministry.
• They will be in force till December 2020.
• Mandates of the force –

1. Crowd management during Kumbh Mela,
2. Spread awareness on keeping the river clean,
3. Stop people and industry from polluting the river,
4. Assisting during floods/natural calamity in the region,
5. Planting trees to check soil erosion and
6. Patrolling sensitive river areas for biodiversity protection.

• They have also been trained by the Central Pollution Control Board to measure the health of the river.