as compared to Amazon pollution in River Ganga will affect human life greatly
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- Ganga is the largest river in India.
- The river provides water to 40% of Indian population which is approximately 500 million people.
-The river is mainly polluted by human waste and industrial contaminants.
- As at now it is considered the 5th most polluted river in the world.
- Given that it provides water to a large population, it poses great threats to human life.
- This is because the population uses the water for bathing, laundry, cooking, washing and even drinking.
- Due to these contamination many people have been contracting waterborne diseases such as dysentery, cholera, hepatitis as well as severe diarrhea.
- Severe diarrhea has been the leading cause of death for children in India as of late.
From this we see that the pollution of river Ganga is really affecting human life greatly.
River Ganga, which was once a boon but became a bane for India River Ganga has been declared as biological disaster.
A recent study has claimed that the people who are living along the banks of the River Gange are more prone to get cancer. Some of the places the study highlighted are Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Bengal.
Also the study highlighted the danger of extinction in one of the world’s unique species that lives only in Ganga, the Ganga River Dolphin. They listed the unique species under endangered soon after the results of mercury analysis from the river water.
We have to consider again who is responsible for today's situation of Ganga River which was once known to be the life line of ancient India. According to the study, the prominent reasons for the pollution in Ganga are, increased population along its banks, dumping industrial wastes, religious tradition which result in floating of 40,000 dead bodies on the water of Ganga.
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