Experts estimate that more than 3000 million litres of untreated sewage from these towns along the Ganges are pumped into the river every day. Water regarded as safe for bathing should not contain more than 500 faecal coliform per 100ml, so bathing in the Ganges is only for the strong-hearted or those with blind faith.
Q. Who gave collision coalescence theory?
form high up in the cloud where temperatures are low(-40oC) given ice nuclei is present. are minute particles around which droplets accumulate to form ice crystals. Also known as WBS after first discovered by Alfred Wegener, modified by Tor Bergeron and then finally fully elaborated by Walter Findeisen.
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Q. How long does a drop of water stay in the ocean?
3,000 years
Q. Why are there dead bodies in the Ganges?
River. The Ganges River is regarded as a holy river by Hindus and many crematory ghats are on its banks. Police officials of Unnao have offered an explanation that the bodies were of “people who were dumped in the river or buried on the banks after their families could not afford a proper cremation.”
Q. Is Ganga really clean now?
According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)’s latest available data, the water quality of Ganga across a significant portion of its 2,500 kilometres length is still unfit for bathing and drinking as it does not meet the permissible parameters for biochemical oxygen demand and total coliform.
Q. Why is Ganga water so pure?
The mysterious healing power of the Ganges water, or “Brahm Dravya”, has been proven to have the “healing touch” and self purifying properties. Bacteriophages, the viruses that eat bacteria, were found in the waters of Ganga.
Q. What is wrong with the Ganges river?
About the Ganges Too much water is being removed for farming and other uses, barrages and dams disrupt the Ganges’ natural flow, and pollution from homes and industries have badly contaminated what’s left of this once mighty, free-flowing river.
