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Water Pollution in India
In a house that was near the Ganges River, there lived a wealthy family that was doing their chores. This family included a mother, father, and a boy. The boy in this family was named “Chaitanya” meaning “consciousness” in English. While Chaitanya was doing his daily chores that day, his mother came over and asked him if he was willing to do an extra chore for her. This chore was washing clothes in the Ganges River. Chaitanya told her that he was happy to do that for her. His mother gave him the clothes that she wanted him to wash and then went straight down to the Ganges River. He looked at the filthy water with a disgusted look on his face and then told himself that he was not going to wash his family’s clothes in this water.
Pollution and specifically water pollution is a problem facing the entire world; however it is a serious problem facing India today. This includes most of India’s rivers. Unfortunately, India’s holiest river, which is the Ganges is involved in this situation. The Ganges River is located in the North Eastern part of India. This river is India’s holiest river because of the main pilgrimage site for Hindu’s to travel to and when they do they perform many rituals in it. This is one of many reasons of why India’s water pollution rates are very high. Three chief reasons of why India’s water pollution rates are very high are because of the poor education system, how the Indian Government is spending its money, and the condition of the infrastructure.
The quality of the education system is one of the main reasons why the water pollution rates are very high in India. This is because it is not up to the standard as compared to many developed countries, such as the USA and Canada. Because this is the case, most of the citizens of India don’t know how to take care of the environment. This includes how to dispose their garbage, how to make proper sewage systems, and how to clean water so that it can be drinkable or usable to wash things with.
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