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Journey of River Ganga, from Purest to the Dirtiest river of the World

New Delhi: The Ganges is the most sacred river to Hindus and it is worshipped as the goddess Ganga in Hinduism. The Ganges is the embodiment of all sacred waters in Hindu mythology. Let's look

India TV News Desk Updated on: October 19, 2014 11:15 IST



Varanasi, a city of one million people that many pilgrims visit to take a "holy dip" in the Ganges, releases around 200 million litres of untreated human sewage into the river each day, leading to large concentrations of faecal coliform bacteria.

According to official standards, water safe for bathing should not contain more than 500 faecal coliforms per 100ml, yet upstream of Varanasi's ghats the river water already contains 120 times as much, 60,000 faecal coliform bacteria per 100 ml.

 

 

 

 

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