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Killing the Ganges
India's greatest river, the Ganges, is one of the world's dirtiest. The river's revered by Hindus - but it is also the sewer that carries away the waste from 450 million people.
India's greatest river, the mighty Ganges, is one of the world's dirtiest. The river's revered by Hindus - but it is also the sewer that carries away the waste from 450 million people. Hundreds of millions of people depend on the river, yet pollution from industry, agriculture - even religious waste - has turned its sacred waters into a toxic and deadly cocktail. The Indian prime minister has staked his political reputation on cleaning it up, but can the Ganges be saved?
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