what issues related to ganga river such as big dam development,contaminationand purificatin of water

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1. Guest15570052
   

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2. Ammad Ghauri
   

   — wastewater and sewage have been discharged in large quantities into the river — Hindus often cremate their dead on the river?s banks and throw the remains and burnt charcoal into the river - above items has resulted in a very serious pollution problem - drinking and bathing in its water have become dangerous - worst polluter is leather industries - booming industry but use large amounts of Chromium and other chemicals that pollute the river - no government controls - 1 billion litres per day - of mostly untreated raw sewage - animal carcasses thrown into the river as well - religious - sick and diseased people bathe in the river - efforts to clean it up – made it worse or not even worked at all - Sankat Mochan Foundation – plan - 4-mile pipeline to intercept all the sewage that would normally flow in to the Ganges - problem - uses power and when power goes out the sewage flows back to the city - entire plan thrown out - government has already spent about $33 million to build a plant that would help with the huge sewage problem - Ganga Action Plan (GAP) - seven-year process - first phase of this plan had failed, but the people hope that the second phase will be effective... i searched the net and this is the best ans of your question..this ans was posted on wikianswer....

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