Ganga river is cleaned between lockdown

Ganga river:- The Ganges, or Ganga, is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh. The 2,601 km river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and flows south and east through the Gangetic Plain of India and Bangladesh, eventually emptying into the Bay of Bengal. 

The Ganges is one India's holiest and also most-polluted rivers.

Millions live on its banks across several states. It's widely considered as a lifeline for many Indians.

But it has become severely polluted in the past few decades - industrial effluent is regularly emptied into the waters, as is waste from the millions of people who live alongside its banks.

The government has spent millions of dollars to clean up the river, but with very little success.

But the lockdown meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus appears to have helped.

Before lockdown

After lockdown

National Mission for Clean Ganga(NMCG) was registered as a society on 12th August 2011 under the Societies Registration Act 1860.It acted as implementation arm of National Ganga River Basin Authority(NGRBA) which was constituted under the provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act (EPA),1986. NGRBA has since been dissolved with effect from the 7th October 2016, consequent to constitution of National Council for Rejuvenation, Protection and Management of River Ganga (referred as National Ganga Council) vide notification no. But this mission are not properly clean to the Ganga river. 

Ganga River Water Has Now Become Fit for Drinking Due to Lockdown

Scientists have claimed that the water quality has seen a remarkable improvement and is even fit for drinking

With people staying indoors and industries shut, the Ganga river, flowing through Varanasi and Haridwar, has seen a significant improvement in water quality during the coronavirus lockdown.

On March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a nationwide lockdown in order to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. Ever since, industries which regularly discharge effluents into the Ganga have been shut.

And now after observation, scientists have claimed that the water quality has seen a remarkable improvement and is even fit for drinking!

Not just the Ganga, even the Yamuna river has seen a significant improvement in water quality and quantity.