Ganga is polluted by dead bodies of animals and humans

#pollution #ganges #NarendraMod #NamamiGange #ITBP An Indo-Tibetan Border Police ITBP expedition team has revealed that one of the factors that contribute to the pollution of the River Ganga are hundreds of floating bodies of humans and animals, funeral on the banks and less flow of water in the mainstream.
This has been reported in ibnlive.com dated 22 December 2015.

The revelation is by a special team of the ITBP which set off on the 'Swachh Ganga' river rafting mission on October 2 from Devprayag in Uttarakhand to Gangasagar in the Bay of Bengal. This was a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Namami Gange' project.
The 2,350-Km long expedition covered the states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. The ITBP teams noticed at least 20 human bodies floating in the Ganga mainstream, 200 carcasses of various animals and about 100 half-burnt or un-burnt human bodies which were lying near the banks of the holy river.
The teams also found that "90 per cent of Ganga water was diverted for irrigation" and, as a result, there was not enough water in the mainstream.
Moreover, the squad, during its 72-day long voyage, also tested and handed over to the authorities samples of Ganga water from 50 big and small cities that it passed through - they found harmful traces of Nitrate, Phosphate, Ammonia, Fluoride and Chloride in the water.
Other observations include - lots of soil erosion on Ganga's banks. Fishing and hunting of tortoises from the river are being done in excess. They did not spot any Gangetic alligator but did come across about 1,200 dolphins specific to the eco-system of this life-giving river of the country. In addition, they found excessive use of detergents and soaps on the banks of the river at several places.

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