Write an article on cleaning and rejuvenating the Ganga
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The present government has launched a Namami Gange campaign with an overall budget of Rs. 20,000 crore to clean Ganges, which is one of the 10 most polluted rivers in the entire world.
Sewage management plants are not operating due to lack of manpower.
The growing needs of close to 450 hydroelectric projects are the biggest challenges to purification of river Ganga.
Tunneling and mining activities near the Himalayan glaciers is damaging the ecological flow.
The high level of total coliform count in the River Ganga indicates that that river has been contaminated.
The river which was once considered as rich in life supporting maters is now considered as rich in pathogenic bacteria.
River Ganga has been declared as biological disaster even though the Indian government is working with an action plan to rejuvenate Ganga River.
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 40000 dead bodies on the water of Ganga.
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