River Pollution In Kolkata. Editorial Image

November 19, 2008 Ganga, Kolkata West Bengal, India -BE IT THE MINDLESS SUPERSTITION,BE IT BLIND RITUALISM BUT GANGA GHAT IS FILLED WITH PILGRIMS PRIESTS AND COMMONERS LONG BEFORE THE GOLDEN STREAK OF MORNING LIGHT BESMEARS AND THEY BOW BEFORE THE SUN GOD IN SURYA NAMASKAR CHANTING VEDIC MANTRAS. Ganga is one of the ten most endangered rivers in the world and the principal sacred river in India. Due to the irresponsible behavior of Kolkatian, insensible damage is caused to the Ganga river everyday. Unfortunately at present this major river of India is being polluted tremendously due to the untreated sewage, industrial effluents, factories wastes, domestic wastes. People are freely allowed to dump garbage, flowers, idols of gods and goddesses directly into the river.