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In this article “Saving The Ganges” the holy Ganges river is no longer safe to use for cooking,cleaning,drinking,and watering crops.The river is badly polluted because of untreated sewage.This sewage gets dumped into the Ganges then,many people come and use the river for daily use such as washing away their sins (this is done by getting into the river and bathing). Dr. Mishra who used to be a Hindu priest (but is now a water engineer) wants to clean up the Ganges.The Ganges is located in Varanasi,India.Around the 1980’s the Ganges started becoming more polluted. Then in 1982 the Sankat Mochan foundation had started. This foundation helped people living around the Ganges to become more educated about the causes

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