Question

Why has river ganga wing called life line of the people

Answer 1

River Ganges is the source of irrigation a wide variety of crops in India. The Ganges Basin has fertile soil that largely influences the agricultural economies of not only India but our neighboring country Bangladesh. The Ganges along with its tributaries provide a invariable source of irrigation to a large area, where crops including rice, lentils, sugarcane, potatoes, oil seeds and wheat are cultivated. The banks of the river at different places have swamps that create a rich fertile area for crops like legumes, chillies, sesame, mustard, sugarcane, and jute. There are also several fishing zones along the river. Ganga shows has a rich composition of minerals like illite, chlorite, smectite and kaolinite that helps in many ways to the crops and soil. In short, we can call Ganga the backbone of agriculture in India.

Answer 2

River Ganga 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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