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    The ongoing pollution of the Ganges, the largest river in India, poses a significant threat to both human health and the environment. The river supplies...
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    The Ganges (/ˈɡændʒiːz/ GAN-jeez; in India: Ganga, /ˈɡʌŋɡɑː/ GUNG-ah; in Bangladesh: Padma, /ˈpʌdmə/ PUD-mə) is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows...
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  • Polavaram Project Pollution of the Ganges National Water Policy Saemangeum Seawall Water supply and sanitation in India Water pollution in India NITI Aayog...
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    The Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) is a species of freshwater dolphin classified in the family Platanistidae. It lives in the Ganges and...
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    Water pollution refers to the contamination of water bodies (such as rivers, lakes, oceans, groundwater) by harmful substances or pathogens, making them...
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    the Ganges emerges at Rishikesh before debouching onto the Gangetic Plain at the pilgrimage town of Haridwar. Despite the pollution of the Ganges, the...
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    The Yamuna (pronounced [jəmʊnɑː]; IAST: Yamunā) is the second-largest tributary river of the Ganges by discharge and the longest tributary in India. Originating...
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  • Sankat Mochan Foundation (category Ganges)
    cleaning the pollution of the Ganges and protecting the Ganges river in India. The environmental mission is related to the religious mission of Sankat Mochan...
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    The Ganges Delta (also known the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, the Sundarbans Delta or the Bengal Delta) is a river delta predominantly covering the Bengal...
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    Drought in India (category Climate of India)
    Project Pollution of the Ganges Indian water policy Saemangeum Seawall Water scarcity in India Water supply and sanitation in India Water pollution in India...
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    in Bangladesh List of power stations in Bangladesh Pollution of the Ganges Sharing the water of the Ganges Haque, M. Inamul. "The Ganga Barrage Project"...
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    Ghats in Varanasi (category Culture of Varanasi)
    Varanasi are riverfront steps leading to the banks of the Ganges river. The city has 84 ghats. Most of the ghats are bathing and puja ceremonial ghats...
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    the most polluted in the world due to their quantity of pollution, the severity of different components of the stream's pollution, its impact on the local...
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    Water pollution (or aquatic pollution) is the contamination of water bodies, with a negative impact on their uses.: 6  It is usually a result of human...
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    The Ganges shark (Glyphis gangeticus) is a critically endangered species of requiem shark found in the Ganges River (Padma River) and the Brahmaputra...
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    The Buriganga (Bengali: বুড়িগঙ্গা, Buŗigônga, lit. 'Old Ganges') is a river in Bangladesh which flows past the southwest outskirts of the capital city...
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    stations in India Electricity sector in India Energy policy of India Pollution of the Ganges Water resources in India Indian Rivers Inter-link Wind power...
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    Varanasi (redirect from History of Varanasi)
    city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world. The city has...
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  • Save Ganga Movement (category Ganges)
    July 2016. "The Water Page – River Ganges". Africanwater.org. 12 December 1996. Retrieved 7 July 2012. "Sacred Ganges Carries Toxic Pollution." Archived...
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  • Ganga Mahasabha (category Ganges)
    for the conservation of Ganges river, founded by Madan Mohan Malviya in 1905. National River Ganga Act 2012- aimed at addressing pollution in the river...
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    combination of chemicals and trash, most of which comes from land sources and is washed or blown into the ocean. This pollution results in damage to the environment...
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    Banarasi sari (category Economy of Varanasi)
    and Butidar Since a large number of silk dyeing units in the trade use chemical dyes, which cause pollution in the Ganges River, a move is on to shift to...
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  • People's Science Institute (category Water pollution in India)
    Scientist To Fast Unto Death to Protest Dams on Ganges and India's Pollution Control". PRWeb. 2011. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 23 October...
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  • Polavaram Project Pollution of the Ganges Sanitation worker Saemangeum Seawall Water scarcity in India Water pollution in India Notes The term "at least...
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    creeks. Pollution of the Ganges from indiscriminate waste dumped into the river is a major problem. Damodar, another tributary of the Ganges and once...
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    G. D. Agrawal (category UC Berkeley College of Engineering alumni)
    the flow of the Ganges in its original channel in this 125 kilometres (78 mi) stretch from its origin. This is the only stretch left where the Ganges...
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  • into the Ganges by protecting it from pollution or overuse. In July 2014, the NGRBA was transferred from the Ministry of Environment and Forests to the Department...
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    Great Plan for the Transformation of Nature Environment of India List of rivers by dissolved load Pollution of the Ganges Water pollution in India Irrigation...
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    and acoustic pollution. South Asian river dolphins were traditionally considered to be one species, Platanista gangetica, with the Ganges and Indus River...
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  • costliest ever". The Economic Times. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2024. "India Kumbh Mela dip 'raised Ganges river pollution'". BBC News. 24...
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