Question

List any two main causes of pollution of river ganga? State how the pollution of rivers can be detected

Answer 1

Reasons for the pollution in river Ganga:

1) Dumping different types of soild and liquid waste materials in the Ganga river, is contaminating the Ganga's water.

2) The daily usage of soap and shampoo directly in the river for bathing, is also major reason behind the water pollution in the Ganga river.

The water pollution can be easily detected by the simple laboratory tests of Ganga's water samples.