Asian Diver (English)

Ganges River India and Bangladesh 2,525km

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POLLUTION: HOW & WHO

• The water is used for bathing, drinking, cooking, and even disposing of corpses after cremation along its banks

• Sewage from the many cities along

its course

• Factories and devotees dump industrial waste and religious offerings wrapped in non-degradable plastics

EFFECTS OF POLLUTION

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, people staying along the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Bengal are more prone to cancer than anywhere else in India Gallbladde­r cancer cases along the Ganges are the second highest in the world with prostate cancer cases the highest in India

Aquatic Life in Peril

Home to more than 140 fish species and 90 amphibian species The Ganges river dolphin is “Endangered”, according to the IUCN. Only about 2,000 individual­s exist in the water catchment of the Ganges and Brahmaputr­a river systems, according to a recent study led by WWF-India The Ganges shark (Glyphis

gangeticus), which is listed as “Critically Endangered” on the IUCN Red List, is endemic to India and found in various rivers including the Ganges

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