Even i can't understand this, this is the river we worship and revere and whose waters we consider holy, yet we remain silent about its desecration.

S claimed the pollution is caused by other towns and cities on the Ganges, and not by them. Water and sanitation remains a colossal issue in India, up to 600 million people here don't have access to a toilet, one study discovered the bacteria from sewage in the Ganges was 12,000 times permissible levels for bathing. The Ganges and other Indian rivers are horrifically polluted, and successive Indian governments have failed to clean them up.

I travelled another 200 miles to Varanasi, one of the most sacred Hindu holy cities.