，What is (.an^cs nollulion?

IW (Hinges. India's liver o| life, is in imminent Jan^cr Onc-

ccnth of iht world's popululion telics heavily on Ihc (ianges ard its
mos,
irihularics. Yel .'he river ha 、become one of the |>'lluicd on the
planet, (Iciiymg hundreds ol* millions access to cleun walcr and
robbing .'he

Pollution of fhe Cianges (orGaogai. the Urges! river in Irdia.

po--cs signiHcani »hfca(s to huniMii healih and the larger env ironmcni.

Severely po luted with human v^aslc and !nduMr，ai aMiiainmunls, the

river provides water lo ahoul 40% of Ir.din's population across II s\u!

cs.scrving an cstimmud population of 5IH) million people or more, more

Jhan any other river in Hie wor!d.

 I<!<lay. ihc Ganges is considered \o be fhe tiixth-most po!lu：

cd river in the world.RavJiubir Sirifc»li. an Indian photo^rophur bus

noted Ilia no one in India spoke of ihc Ganges as pn1iu ：cd umil the

(aitf 1970s. However, pollttion has beer an old and ccntinuous process

ir, the river as by iht time people were finally speaking of ihc Cianges

a? prlluicd. slrdches of over six htMidreil ki>«m»c<fo» wire essemiaily

ecologically dead rants