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Well written! The Ganga.., considered to the holiest river in india, has lost its purity in terms of cleanliness at some corner. Everyone wants to see purity of water from outside; no one want to see the depth. Jai Gangamaiya!!!
( Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 18:46 )
sweety
Can nothing be done to save our holy river? Its difficult to decide who is responsible for this sorry state...we the citizens or the government. The system as usual has done what it does best..making promises n we have only relied on those again n again. Its time to get our act together and take an initiative. There is an utmost need to play our part before we loose our Ganga to the...
( Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 18:00 )
Sukesh Mishra
Its really shocking and we must act together to enlighten ourselves that this is the time to wake up and preserve our rivers for tommorow.Otherwise Ganga might also be remember like Sarasvati. The Acts and Legislations alone can't check the growing pollution untill people must make themselve self awre,as in case of we use to keep our houses in a clean condition.
( Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 13:09 )
anuraga
That's really heart wrenching article on the atrocity on holy river Ganga. It very strongly points out that we human beings have turned Havaans'. all politician should be thrown in the Ganga Ms. Bahar Dutt has witnessed, only then they will realize the importance of taking quick measure for Ganga's purification.
( Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 10:42 )
Speaking@India
Dear Indians Wake up. We are killing our rivers and claiming there is no drinking water. This kind of distruction of our national rivers is a shame and our leadership should do something about this.
( Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 10:24 )
Ravi
Job well done. article well written and appreciation for the courage to walk through the entire river with the filth, no one would have dared to do so.
But in reality i think the situation has gone from bad to worse, money always gets allocated for projects but never tend to go down the channel to be utilized, the governement will have to make the process more transparent to the people(which is an idealistic case), and involve NGO's who will guide the process.
( Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 02:16 )
M.G.Rao.
I have known of pilferage of lubricants through the factory outlet nallas, meant for water draining.At the outside of the factory traps are made and lubricants are collected covered by make shift tents. Need less to add that still oil slick flows into the rivers with the concommitant results.Hope this will help the agencies.
( Posted: Tuesday , November 21, 2006 at 23:36 )
Rambabu
Looks like all the efforts put in by Late Shri. Rajiv Gandhi have failed, while he was the PM, he saw to it that the river was cleaned and its sactity maintained...what now...can we not do anything...instead of depending upon the corrupt govt's and corrupt representatives????
( Posted: Tuesday , November 21, 2006 at 23:18 )
Chiranjiv
Why only talk of one river, are all rivers not sacred, do they not quench your thrist? India has scant disregard for its enviroment & natural resources. The govt has a callous attitude towards this, even industry is trying to make money by selling CFC credits to developed world. Millions of people die cause of water pollution, some of the urban scape have no water available. We don't need investment in colas pizzas & retail. We need it in infrastructure & no better place to start than Water Management
( Posted: Tuesday , November 21, 2006 at 06:54 )
lmastelotto
APPARENTLY MORE STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE! www.mcmef.org GANGES POLLUTION CASE: Three landmark judgments and a number of Orders against polluting industries numbering more than fifty thousand in the Ganga basin passed from time to time. A substantial success has been achieved by way of creating awareness and controlling pollution in the river Ganges. In this case, apart from industries, more than 250 towns and cities have been ordered to put sewage treatment plants. Six hundred tanneries operating in highly congested residential area of Kolkata have been shifted out of the City and relocated in a planned Leather Complex in the State of West Bengal. A large number of industries were closed down by the Court and were allowed to reopen only after these industries set up effluent treatment plants and controlled pollution. As a result of these directions millions of people have been saved from the effects of air and water pollution in Ganga basin covering 8 states in India.
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