Comparative study on Ganges River of India.

1. COMPARATIVE STUDY ON GANGES
RIVER OF INDIA
Made by: Ankit
Mishra

2. MENU
River Ganga of India
Ganga river of India
Origin and extension of Ganga river
Uses of Ganga river of India
Ganga-BrahmaputraBasin
Pollutionin Ganga river of India
Hindu myth in the Basin
Ganga action plan
Where Ganga flows

3. RIVERGANGA OF INDIA
The Ganges is the most sacred river to Hindus. It is also a
lifeline to millions of Indians who live along its course and
depend on it for their daily needs. It is worshipped as the
goddess Ganga in Hinduism. It has also been important
historically, with many former provincial or imperial capitals
(such as Pataliputra,Kannauj, Kara, Kashi, Allahabad,
Murshidabad, Munger, Baharampur, Kampilya, and Kolkata)
located on its banks.

4. GANGA RIVER OF INDIA
The Ganga, especially, is the river of
India, beloved of her people, round
which are intertwined her memories,
her hopes and fears, her songs of
triumph, her victories and her defeats.
She has been a symbol of India’s age-
long culture and civilization, ever
changing, ever flowing, and yet ever
the same Ganga.

5. ORIGIN AND EXTENSIONOF
GANGA RIVER
The Ganges also Ganga is a trans-boundary
river of Asia which flows through India and
Bangladesh. The 2,525 km (1,569 mi) river
rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian
state of Uttarakhand, and flows south and
east through the Gangetic Plain of North
India into Bangladesh, where it empties into
the Bay of Bengal. It is the third largest river
by discharge.

6. USES OF GANGA RIVER OF INDIA
Has multiple-use potential for its
abundant water resources.
Irrigation
Power Generation
Industrial development
Fisheries
Navigation

7. GANGA-BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN
The basin is shared by Bangladesh
(7%), Bhutan, China, India (80%), and
Nepal.
Positions of each country in relation to
each other

8. POLLUTION IN GANGA RIVER OF INDIA
Leather industry
One billion liters of raw sewage a day
Inadequate cremation techniques.
The Ganga Action Plan – India attempts to clean
up?

9. HINDU MYTH IN THE BASIN
Bathing in water will cleanse sins and is life-
long mission.
Waters cleanse any place or object.
Ashes of dead in the river will carry souls to
paradise.

10. GANGA ACTION PLAN
The Ganges was ranked as the fifth most
polluted river of the world in 2007. Pollution
threatens not only humans, but also more
than 140 fish species, 90 amphibian species
and the endangered Ganges river
dolphin.The Ganga Action Plan, an
environmental initiative to clean up the river,
has been a major failure thus far, due to
corruption, lack of technical expertise, good
environmental planning, and support from
religious authorities.

11. WHERE GANGA FLOWS
Countries
India, Bangladesh
States
Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West
Bengal
Tributaries
- left
Ramganga, Gomti, Ghaghara, Gandaki, Burhi
Gandak, Koshi, Mahananda
- right
Yamuna, Tamsa, Son, Punpun, Betwa, Chambal,
Tons, Ken, Sindh, Hindon, Sharda
Cities
Haridwar, Kanpur, Jajmau, Allahabad, Varanasi,
Mirzapur, Ghazipur, Patna, Rishikesh, Munger,
Bhagalpur, Baharampur, Kolkata, Bijnor