India's Ganges River Now Filthier Than Ever, New Study Says

[supun1]

ganga is pretty clean upstream near uttarakhand... its only when it reaches plains it becomes so filthy... we got a bottle of ganga water for our relative.. they used it for puja for quite long.. I dont want to think that the water is mixed with industrial waste, sewerage, human ashes and deadbodies...

I don't understand how people have no objection to drinking the crap out of a waterfall or from down a well where you have no idea what kind of bacteria or heavy metals your taking in, but riot and protest to drinking recycled wastewater that's certified to meet the highest quality water standards.

drinking crap from a waterfall = naturally pristine water.
Recycled wastewater = poo.

 

[livingdead]

I don't understand how people have no objection to drinking the crap out of a waterfall or from down a well where you have no idea what kind of bacteria or heavy metals your taking in, but riot and protest to drinking recycled wastewater that's certified to meet the highest quality water standards.

drinking crap from a waterfall = naturally pristine water.
Recycled wastewater = poo.

people dont trust industrial processing...

 

[Manidabest]

 

[ashok321]

As long as cadavers are left to float in Ganga due to Indian religious rites, it will never be clean, no matter 15 or 20 Modis or anybody else.

 

[Suff Shikan]

Is it true there are sometimes dead bodies in the river? Like humans?

Kindly search "corpse in ganges river"

http://www.planetcustodian.com/2015...nd-river-ganges-that-went-viral-in-china.html

 

[YeBeWarned]

Wow..believe me I can't see these images without cringing sitting thousands of km away from it in my clean and cozy cottage. Any thought of ever visiting this place will cause me throw up. I can't imagine what kind of thoughts goes through a person mind when he or she step in this dirty water while i can imagine the stench could be smelt a few km from the river.

They believe that Water is clean and Pure .. and Holy above all, so with this faith they do it, and even if people get sick because of water, they will not blame it the water anyway.. its faith buddy, its exactly like we Muslims drink Zam Zam Water with the faith that it might heal us , but in the end its just water ..Water does not heal or cure you, but the faith/other things do ..
I can testify this personally how and what could Zam Zam water + Medical treatment do.. I can't share it but it was something that leave Pakistan's Top Kidney Doctor in shocked

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

This wouldn't happen if congress govt was in power.

And whom do you think was ruling India, UP, Bihar, WB all these years after independence? Let's not pin point a party. People have made their hands dirty in search of money. Sewage, I can understand. Its govt responsibility. But industrial waste from lots of sources is a thing I cannot fathom.

 

[wiseone2]

A huge effort is required to clean it up and it will take years if not decades to get it so safe levels..but it is strange and cringe worthy that people still take a dip in this dirty water...no offence against their religion but there are some commonly accepted concepts of hygiene and cleanliness among human beings,,why don't they follow it

The cleanliness standards of human beings was low 400 years ago. Some societies moved on. Some didn't

 

[RudraMudra]

The cleanliness standards of human beings was low 400 years ago. Some societies moved on. Some didn't

And some regressed due to invasions by barbarians.

 

[wiseone2]

And some regressed due to invasions by barbarians.

blaming it on foreigners is a cope-out

 

[Place Of Space]

Any news of the river? Here is a social media saying, let's cheer this cup of Ganges water!

 

[RudraMudra]

blaming it on foreigners is a cope-out

Blaming what ?

History is not a blame game. Its reality.

And denial is not a river in evypt.

 

[wiseone2]

Blaming what ?

History is not a blame game. Its reality.

And denial is not a river in evypt.

what has Muslim or british rule have to do with poor sanitation standards in India ?
overpopulation is a huge factor

 

[RudraMudra]

what has Muslim or british rule have to do with poor sanitation standards in India ?
overpopulation is a huge factor

Are u joking ?

Are u seriously claiming that poor governance, exploitation and pillage over centuries had no impact on indian standard's ?

Japan & UK too have "over population" . only they did not have a 1000 year occupation.