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How plastic is harming India's holiest river
The river Ganges is the lifeline of more than 500 million people across India.
It is worshipped as "Ganga Mata", the divine mother who has sustained life and nurtured civilisation for thousands of years.
But sewage, industrial waste water and the dumping of 1.2 billion tonnes of plastic each year is taking its toll on the sacred river.
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03 Jan 2018
- From the section India