The AkankshAnirudh Foundation is working to reduce the pollution load on the holy river Ganga by spreading Mass awareness at grass root level through Clean Ganga campaign.
Ganga is the largest and the most sacred river of India with enormous spiritual, cultural, and physical influence. It provides water to about 40% of India’s population in 11 states. It is estimated that the livelihoods of over 500 million people in India are dependent upon the river, and that one-third of India’s population lives within the Ganges Basin. Despite this magnitude of influence and control by the river over present and future of the country, it is allegedly under direct threat from various man made and natural environmental issues.
River Ganga flows through the most densely populated regions of India passing 29 cities with population over 100,000 and 23 cities with population between 50,000 and 100,000 and about 48 towns. A sizable proportion of the effluents in Ganges are caused by this population through domestic usage like bathing, laundry and public defecation. Countless tanneries, chemical plants, textile mills, distilleries, slaughterhouses, and hospitals contribute to the pollution of the Ganges by dumping untreated toxic and non-biodegradable waste into it. It is this sheer volume of pollutants released into the river every day that are causing irreparable damage to the ecosystem.