Modi Promised to Clean the Ganges. This Is What Happened

For more than a decade, cleaning the Ganges river has been a priority for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, which has allocated more than $4.5 billion for the construction of hundreds of sewage treatment plants and other infrastructure.

The river basin’s importance to the economy is clear, as it supports hundreds of millions of people and generates about 40% of the nation’s economic output. Yet much of it remains polluted, carrying levels of sewage and industrial waste that in some places threatens the health and livelihoods of communities.

0:00 India’s Ganges dilemma
1:55 Modi’s promise
2:48 The success story
3:23 Satellite analysis
4:19 Impacts of pollution
6:38 A mixed reality
7:37 Independent testing
8:59 The big tension
12:12 A work in progress

Modi’s $4.5 Billion Ganges Cleanup Is Struggling to Tame Pollution: https://bloom.bg/4zCYOY7

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