Thursday, September 25, 2014

Cleaning river Ganga

One of the reasons river Ganga in India is polluted is because of the vast amount of half-burnt dead bodies that are thrown in the river. The age old sacred ritual of immersing one's ashes in the holy river has become too commercialized. Authorities have not been able to keep up with the demand and hence throwing half-burnt bodies into the river. These half-burnt dead bodies decompose over time and have been polluting the river for ages. Government should ban cremation of dead bodies on the banks of river Ganga. People should also not be allowed to throw human ashes into the river.
Instead, a large water reservoir should be built nearby and water to the reservoir should be fed from the river. All cremation should be done on the banks of the reservoir. It should be made sure that bodies are completely burnt before the ashes are thrown into the reservoir. The ash water in the reservoir should be emptied everyday. The ash can be used as compost in agricultural lands around the area that will help increase crop yields.
If the central Government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets this plan into action, Ganga will be a lot cleaner than it is now. Lets keep our fingers crossed.

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