The Ganges: a holy, deadly river
Pollution has turned the sacred waters into a lethal cocktail of industrial and human waste. Can the river be saved? Nearly 13,000ft up in the foothills of the Himalayas, Amod Panwar, an Indian hotel owner and devout Hindu, reverently places offerings of almonds, sultanas and a coconut into the water cascading from an icy cavern known as Gaumukh, the “cow’s mouth”.
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