Answer to Question #84175 in Geography for Rohan Rawat

Question

Why most river of plain are heavily populated with chemical?

Answer 1

A large number of factories and other industries are situated on the banks of the river: pharmaceutical, chemical, electrical, engineering, sugar production, cotton and leather industries and crematoria. The discharges from these industries enter the river directly and indirectly. In addition, the Haridawar Tuberculosis Hospital releases its untreated water into the Ganga, and during the Puja festival thousands of idols coated with mercury and lead-containing paints are immersed into the river to further add to the chronic pollution.