Deepika Singh, A.K. Shukla, Shraddha Yadav, Govind Pandey and V. Dutta
Abstract
This article puts forward to provide the state of pollution of the Ganga River in India along with its tributaryriver Gomti. A lot of research works for monitoring and assessment ofGanga river water have been doneby many investigators in the past. With its pietism, Ganga River water is considered a great prominentriver in India so that people use the water to perform last rites to their loved ones. It is deteriorated due todischarge of untreated wastes, chemicals, heavy metals and sewage from Industries and Cities. This paperreveals governmental efforts toward river water preservation, not executed properly because of the apatheticapproach of people in our country. In India lack of sanitation in rural areas is also a major contributor ofriver water pollution. In the urban mega cities which are fast-growing- hotspots, pollution levels worsenalong the Ganga River including its tributary rivers. Some studies by CPCB reveal high BOD levels atdownstream, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) levels were high towards downstream at Haridwar,Kannauj, Kanpur and on peak at Varanasi but alarming is that, almost at all the stretches of Ganga riverand its tributaries, level of pollution is getting escalated. Alone Uttar Pradesh contributes 90% of Gangapollution so that it is chosen for further research including Gomti River a significant tributary of Ganga.Although there are many contributions of researchers in cleaning Ganga but structured and stringentmeasures for the environment are to be taken.