what are the factors responsible for the pollution of ganga river ?
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The main causes of water pollution in the Ganges river are the increase in the population density, various human activities such as bathing, washing clothes, the bathing of animals, and dumping of various harmful industrial waste into the rivers.
Passing through five states, 26 percent of Ganga land underground land is included. Despite the huge amount spent to clean it, the river is polluted. Worse, pollution is also increasing in those areas which were previously considered to be clean.
According to various studies, some main reasons for Ganga Pollution:
• According to CPCB, domestic sewage is the main cause of pollution in the river. A day of 2,773 million liters of sewage (MLD) is generated by 50 cities along the river, which increases up to 85 percent of the river pollution load. The main problem comes from the main cities of Ganga.
• Sewage waste management alone accounts for only 80% pollution in river Ganges.
• In Haridwar, 89 million liters of sewage was dumped daily in the Ganges.
• About 3 billion (3 billion) liters of raw, untreated sewage are dumped into the river on a daily basis. In the last 20 years the amount has doubled and experts have predicted a 100% increase over the next 20 years.
• The leather industry in Kanpur uses huge amounts of chromium and other toxic substances and chemicals. Chromium made the Ganges poisonous and poisonous.
• The group of polluting industries in Kashipur and Moradabad discharges its pollution in Ramganga river and Meerut and Modinagar in Kali river. The rivers that merge with the Ganges (Yamuna, Kali, Ramganga) also combine pollutants. To clear the Ganges, it is necessary to clean these merging rivers too.
• Contributes countless tanneries, chemical plants, textile mills, distilleries, slaughterhouses and hospitals to the Ganges pollution by dumping countless waste. Industrial pollution is approximately 12% of the total amount of pollution reaching the Ganges.
• One of the main causes of pollution in the Ganges is dams. Dams obstruct the flow of the river and slow it down, due to which there is a decrease in self-purification capacity in the Ganges.
• Tonnes of plastic, polythene and other wastes are thrown into the Ganges, lifting life with their water and blocking the existing sewerage system.