Ganges River Summary

The Ganges River starts in northern India and flows into the India Ocean. One enviormental problem the Ganges faces today is pollution, every year the pollution goes up twenty percent in the river. The local government is not doing anything about and there are very few local organizations attempting to clean the river. The building of the Frakka bridge displaced the water in the Ganges River, creating a water dispute between India and Bangeldesh (east pakistan). The two countries singned a treaty saying if the river's water level falls below a certain measurement, each country gets half of the water supply. This affects the river because when they built the bridge, they may have accidently killed the local animals that lived in the river or changed the flow of one part of the river. Many cities on the west and east sides depend on the Ganges for transportation and religous purposes. The river allows cities on different sides of the river communicate.