Question

The Ganga at _____ has the most polluted stretches of the Ganga river.
A) Allahabad
B) Bihar
C) Kanpur
D) Chhattisgarh

Answer 1

Hint: Founded in 1803, it is a city located in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The first woollen mill of India (Lal Imli) was established by Alexander MacRobert in 1876 in this city.

Complete answer:
River Ganga is the largest river in India and is worshipped as goddess Ganga in Hinduism. It provides a home to millions of people living on its banks and hundreds of species of fish, amphibians, reptiles and mammals. Even though it is the most sacred river to Hindus, it is severely threatened by water pollution. This severe pollution is dangerous to all animals and also the 500 million people who depend on its water.

Out of the given options, it is Kanpur that has the most polluted stretches of this river. This is because Kanpur has a large number of tanneries, chemical plants, textile mills, slaughterhouses, hospitals etc. which dump their untreated waste into the Ganga. It also has a coal-based power plant that burns around 6 lakh tons of coal a year. The ash from this plant is mixed with domestic wastewater and dumped into the Pandu river (which is a tributary of river Ganga). This polluted water eventually reaches river Ganga and adds to its pollution.

Thus, the correct answer is Option (C) The Ganga at Kanpur has the most polluted stretches of the Ganga river

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