Question

The river the ganga essay with introduction

Answer 1

Ganga River is a very sacred river and is worshipped in India as a Goddess in Hindu religion. It plays a very vital role on the life-cycle of Indians. It is India’s longest river and one of the longest rivers in the world.

In India, it has largest river-basin which stretches around 8,38,200 sq. km and has three important courses of flow – middle course, upper course and lower course.

It is a complete river which emerges from the Himalayas and falls on the Bay of Bengal. It has a lot of tributaries like Ghagra, Yamuna, Ramganga, etc. Bhagirathi-Hooghly and Padma are its two distributaries.

Ganga River is also the national river of India. It is also referred as the Ganges in other countries in the world. It has both scientific and spiritual significance.

Answer 2

Answer:

                       Save ganga

Ganges River, Hindi Ganga, great

river of the plains of the northern

Indian subcontinent. Although

officially as well as popularly called

the Ganga in Hindi and in other

Indian languages, internationally it

is known by its conventional name,

the Ganges. From time immemorial

it has been the holy river of

Hinduism. For most of its course it is

a wide and sluggish stream, flowing

through one of the most fertile and

densely populated regions in the

world.

The movement did not build up suddenly. Concerns about the condition of the Ganges were raised for decades which gained impetus in the past few years owing to awareness and support from keen environmentalists. Furthermore, different studies revealed the deteriorating health of the river. In 1998, Smt Rama Rauta, the founder of National Women's Organization (NWO) under the leadership of Dr. Sushila Nair

       Ways by which we can save ganga

ᐅ Every city will have to set up Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) to treat its sewage before releasing it into the river or its tributaries. This will have the biggest impact on the river.

ᐅ Flood plain will have to be restored :