Cleaning Of River Ganga Initiative

DBQ In places such as India, waterways have always played a huge role in their history. In the past India used to be a huge ship-building country until Britain conquered it, and their reputation dropped. Still, productive oil fields and fisheries are found ways along shorelines, and are actively used for trade. Throughout history, it’s been evident that the usage and control of waterways has economic and political effects on many societies.

My name is Vynateya Purimetla, and I am an eighth grader currently attending East Hills Middle School, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Presently, we are in a hydrogeology unit and we have been researching global water crises around the world and the effects they have on people who inhabit those regions. I am writing this letter to address the issues of inadequate sanitation, untreated sewage in groundwater, and holy rivers being polluted due to a host of reasons. These problems are occurring in both rural and urban areas, and are affecting more than 80% of the Indian population who depend on water polluted with untreated sewage, nitrate, and agricultural runoff for basic survival needs, (The Huffington Post). As the leader of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, I hope that some of the solutions outlined in this letter could be helpful to you in solving India’s water crisis.

Since the beginning of time, water has played a key role in societies all over the world. The earliest recorded civilizations have all been found along large river valleys, such as, the Indus River in India and the Yellow River in China. Water is an essential part of life; it does not just sustain the life of all human beings around the globe, but also sustains the life of every living thing known to this Earth. All of the major cities that we know today are surrounded by large river systems that supply its people with the means to survive in that region. These rivers also link our different communities together and allow us to prosper, but these rivers are being taken advantage of. Our once great rivers are falling victim to pollution and

The Alliance’s report gives a comprehensive action plan for reducing the amount of pollution in and river and improving overall water

In our society we are encountering environmental issue with water pollution. The world development of modern agriculture and industry, water pollution has been a major problem.

An article by the name of “River Restoration Project Offers a Sprinkling of Hope” written by Daniel weintraub, brings up the question, whether or not california should spend money on restoring the river. Weintraub is an employee for the Sacramento Bee since 2000. Also, he writes for the LA Times and Orange County register. He wrote this article while working at the Sacramento Bee. The typical readers of the Sacramento Bee are big business workers and people who don’t know what it is like to be on a farm. Sacramento itself is the capital of California and has many big businesses surrounding it. Weintraub’s views might be different from someone who relies on the water to grow food since weintraub lives in the city and not a farm. I agree with

Catchments are depended on by the average household person, but even more valuable to the farmers that are supplying the food to our nation. Therefore, action must be taken to ensure that the catchments in our areas are healthy and will be able to be depended on for years to come. The panel at Healthy Water Ways program has developed a study to guarantee the management and sustainability of The Pioneer River catchment, by sending a team out to analyze the health of the water ways and decide on a proposal that best suits the area to ensure future healthiness of the basin.

River defined in the Oxford English Dictionary is “a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream. A large quantity of a flowing substance.” The river rises generally from a mountain or lake in a tableland. At first several very narrow streams of water join together and form one larger stream. At last the river falls into a sea, lake or another river. The mouth of the river becomes very wide. A river generally receives its water by the melting of snow on mountains. Sometimes it is fed by rain.

If the river restoration project goes into effect, congress will have to spend hundreds of millions of dollars. Dollars that will be wasted on salmon that will likely die just after being released into the wild. Ther plat no restore the San Joaquin river is a bust to say the least. The salmon they plan to hatch will likely die quickly, and takes water from the farmers who need it most.

All around the world, countries are fighting to keep their drinking water clean. Whether it’s streams, rivers, or lakes, countries have taken great measures to maintain high quality drinking water for both human consumption and animal consumption. Countries must first understand the sources of the polltion, then determine the best methods to eliminate the pollution. Clean drinking water is a valuable resource and a the key to human survival. Plants and animals also depend on water for their growth, so all water must be kept clean. The major contributors to water pollution can be classified in three categories, industrial, agricultural and municipal.

The Ganges River is the most holy and most polluted river in India. Everyday the river is filled with waste, oil, and even dead bodies. The pollution of the river has drastically increased over the last fifteen years. The Ganges River runs through one of the most sacred Hindu cities in India also known as Varanasi. In Hinduism, rivers are known to be “worshiped for embodying the divine, creative, female energy that generate the universe”. This explains why Hindus feel the need to bathe and throw ashes or valuables into the river. There are certain ideas in the religion that affect the abuse of the river. The Hindu concepts of samsara and Brahman are possible contributors to the pollution of the Ganges River, whereas karma is a potential solution.

Pollution is a problem that can be seen all over the world. Unfortunately this problem is hitting one area on a devastating level. In the next few paragraphs you will see in Jyoti Hottam’s (2010) article, How India's Success Is Killing It’s Holy RIver, you will learn exactly how this ancient holy river is becoming so polluted. Also, you will learn about several more reasons as to why this ‘holy river’ has become the way it is now from Joshua Hammer in his article, A Prayer for the Ganges (2007). (Thesis Statement)

A reason that water pollution is a problem today is because many people don’t realize that they are hurting out water supplies when they really are. There are many pollutants that hurt our water supply such as farming. When farmers spray their fields with chemicals and apply fertilizers. Some of these chemicals reach the river, and animal urine and manure may be washed into the river. Another cause of water pollution is from accidents, such as tanker spills. Accidents with chemicals may cause river pollution as well. Mining can be another cause because the dusts and minerals get washed into the rivers. Seepage is another cause of water pollution. Because chemicals from waste dumps join the groundwater flow into the river. Urban Wastes is a major cause because the sewage comes from toilets, sinks, and industrial processes. This causes many human diseases such as diarrhea, dysentery, hepatitis, and cholera.

70 % of our Earth surface is covered by water and almost 60% of the human body contain water for nutrient transportation. The unique characteristic of water is water molecule is the only substance in this Earth that exist in all three physical states of matter which are solid, liquid and gas. All human beings need water to survive. The national development over the years cause the rate of water pollution increased. According to Gebre & Rooijen (2009) water pollution can be considered as a sign that derives from economic growth and is a common phenomenon in urbanized cities in developing countries. In general, there are three main issues that related to water pollution which are the causes, effects and the way to decrease this problem.

The next pollution will be water pollution. This pollution comes from factories, automobiles’’ exhausts and mines, which dump sewage directly into the water. Moreover, as an Agrarian country, the usage of pesticides for agriculture in India calls for water pollution too. Excessive usage of organic matter by farmers will also lead to the same consequent. As mentioned, deforestation will occur as population increase and the forests are stripped, soil erosion will happen and further cause sediments in water. Furthermore, people in India bathe in river for spiritual rejuvenate. However, as they warding off their sins in water, body wastes are excreted into the river as well, leading to river pollution. Religious