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Inspite of most polluted river in India, Ganga is still beautiful. by Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi One plastic bottle seen which is beeing used to mark the boundary of the fishing net. Pollution in the Holy River. Devotee praying to Ganga River. Devotees waiting to see the prayer offered to Ganga River. Candle seen flowing on the surface of water. Hindu devotees show their respect to this holy river by floating candle (diya). Final destination. Human dead bodies seen burning on the banks of the river. Tourists enjoying boating on this river.

In spite of several announcements and promising by the different Governments Ganga still remains polluted. by Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) presented a time frame of another 10 years to the Supreme Court of India, promising to clean up Ganges by 2020. Much polluted water has flown under the bridge since the Central Ganga Authority (CGA)was formed in 1985 under the Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, promulgating the Ganga Action Plan (GAP). At the 1981 session of Indian Science Congress at Varanasi, scientists expressed concern at the growing pollution in the river Ganga in presence of the then Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi who inaugurated the session. At her instance, Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, the then member, Planning Commission asked the Central Board for Preventation and Control of Water Pollution, New Delhi to conduct studies on the state of the river Ganga. In collaboration with the State Pollution Control Boards of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Bengal a...