Caring for Nature: The Troubled Waters

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  • Publisher : TERI Press
TERI Press
  • Tags

    #Nature #Environment #Conservation #Water #rivers

  • Age group

    9+

  • Category

    Nature , School

As the first rays of the sun light up the eastern sky and the bells sound in the temples, pilgrims step into the holy waters of the Ganga. They stand chest-deep in the river, offer flowers to the sun god, and take quick dips. Dhani looks at this spectacular morning ritual with a frown on his face. A question has been disturbing Dhani for many days now. The River Ganga, a river that is so sacred to us, is getting polluted at a rapid rate with industrial chemicals, untreated sewage, and ashes.