The Ganges:The River Of India.

The Ganga , India's holiest river,became part of the conversation when prime minister - designate Narendra Modi contested the General Election from the seat of

Varanasi,the holy city of India.
He vowed to clean up the Ganges,a river who has got the sacred status in India.It is now one of the most polluted rivers in the World.
A look at some facts related to it.

THE GANGA.
Flows through 11 states in India.

It is ranked among the top five most polluted rivers in the world.
It has high level of faecal coliform and chemical pollutants including arsenic and lead.

LENGTH:2510 km

A sadhu Praying in the river

A dead Body in the River.

$1 billion loan given by World Bank to clean up the Ganges in 2011.

10,000 dead bodies thrown into the river each year.

1 Billion litres of untreated sewage is estimated to flow in the river daily.

The Ganges.