Recently I watched a documentary on TV and was shocked to see the pathetic and horrible condition of our holy mother Ganga. At the foot of the Gangotry glacier Gaumuk is where the river Ganges which is 2525km long starts its journey and end in the Bay of Bengal. Due to the gross negligence at various levels billion litres of raw untreated sewage is dumped in the river on a daily basis plus unknown dead bodies, ashes of cremated bodies, religious offerings, chemicals from factories etc. People who drink its highly polluted water suffer from life threatening diseases like typhoid, hepatitis, dysentry etc and countless people are dying. When Narendra Modi became Prime Minister of India he said Mother Ganga is our soul and we have to revive her. The cleanliness of Mother Ganga is each anc every citizen’s responsibility as well as the government’s sacred duty to save our dying Mother Ganga.
Sudha Rasik Bhatt
Glasgow
