Environmental and Human Disruptions on the Ganges River

The various sacred traditions and beliefs of the Hindus are attracting the attention of people with different cultural backgrounds throughout the world. From the belief that Brahmin is regarded as an inhuman form of God to do devoted yoga to give souls to God, Hinduism is an innovative to relax and calm the body, mind and spirit We promote ideas. In addition to these special practices, Hindu respects the geographical environment of the Indus Valley too. From this "valley" it is said that the ritual purity is very important, usually by bathing or using water.

Since ancient times, humans lived in the Ganges River. The first people in this area were Harappan civilizations. They entered the Ganges river from the Indus Valley around the 2nd century BC. Later, the Ganges Plain became the center of the Maurya Empire, followed by the Mughal Empire. The first European who discussed the river Ganges was mega Stenneness of his work "Indica". In modern times, the Ganges river is the source of life for nearly 400 million people living in that basin. They rely on the river to meet daily needs such as drinking water, food, irrigation and manufacturing. Today, the Ganges River Basin is the most populous basin in the world. The population density is about 1,000 people (390 people per square kilometer) per square mile.

Despite its religious significance and day-to-day importance, the Ganges River is still one of India's most contaminated rivers. Due to the rapid growth and religious activities of India, Ganges pollution is caused by humans and industrial waste. The current population of India is over 1 billion people, of which 400 million people live in the Ganges River. As a result, most of those waste, including untreated sewage, was dumped into the river. Also, many people take a shower and wash clothes with river water. The level of coliforms near Varanasi is at least 3000 times the safety determined by the World Health Organization (Hammer, 2007).

River pollution is a major threat to the economy, the environment, and of course human health and other organisms. It is an important cause of many human health problems and obstacles. River pollution also affects aquatic organisms, resulting in the growth of unhealthy fish, which is unsuitable for human consumption and leads to the death of fish. The contaminated water of the river also affects the lives of animals and birds and even threatens their existence at times. On a long-term basis, ongoing river pollution can cause loss of biodiversity and even extinction of some species, possibly destroying the entire ecosystem.