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Pollution of Ganga and Yamuna Rivers and Effects of Air Pollution On Taj Mahal

The Ganga and Yamuna rivers are two of India's most important rivers but are also two of its most polluted due to waste and sewage being dumped into their waters from various domestic and industrial sources. Attempts to clean the rivers have failed. Air pollution is also damaging the Taj Mahal, causing the white marble to discolor, putting the 17th century monument at risk unless measures are taken to reduce pollution.

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Pollution of Ganga and Yamuna Rivers and Effects of Air Pollution On Taj Mahal

The Ganga and Yamuna rivers are two of India's most important rivers but are also two of its most polluted due to waste and sewage being dumped into their waters from various domestic and industrial sources. Attempts to clean the rivers have failed. Air pollution is also damaging the Taj Mahal, causing the white marble to discolor, putting the 17th century monument at risk unless measures are taken to reduce pollution.

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Pollution of Ganga And Yamuna rivers and the effects of

air poolution on Taj Mahal.


Explanation:

The Yamuna and Ganga river are one of the largest rivers in India. The Ganga river
is one of the most polluted rivers in the world and poses major threats to the
human populous based around it. The Yamuna river is not as polluted as the
Ganga, however, after the Wazirabad barrage and Okhla barrage there is a
discharge of waste which makes the river become dangerously polluted. 

There have been many attempts to clean the polluted water of the Ganga and
stop the nearby residents to use it as a dump for their waste but these attempts
have always failed. 

As for the Taj Mahal, there have been reports talking of air pollution
causing irreparable damage to the 17th century monument. This has forced the
government to take serious measures and invest almost £90m on programs that
aim to work on the preservation of the world famous monument. Thousands of
tourists come to India every year to see the Mahal and if it is not preserved then
India will loose a large portion of its yearly income that it makes because of the
popular tourist attraction.

Water pollution of Ganga and Yamuna rivers:


Introduction: Ganga and Yamuna rivers are the most important rivers of our
country and these two rivers are the major victims of water pollution in our
country.

Causes :

1) The solid and liquid waste materials from both domestic and industrial sectors
are ruthlessly dumped into these rivers.

2) The local humans often do the bathing and other daily works in the river water
which is a major reason of pollution.

3) Lack of river improvement works and initiatives.

4) In Ganga, around 1500 million litres raw and 500 million litres of industrial
sewage are discharged on daily basis.  

5) Most polluting industries like suger, tanner, plup and other chemical industries
dump their waste in Ganga.

6) The most popular river in Delhi is Yamuna which is polluted by 58% waste
comes from Wazirabad.

Consequences:
The river water pollution is affecting the daily lifestyle of us because the river
water is the major source of our usable water and we cannot use the polluted
water

Air pollution effects on the Taj Mahal:

• The Taj Mahal is made out of pure white marble stone.

• The various gases which are generated due to the air pollution, reacts with the
marble stone of the Taj Mahal and makes it pale yellowish.

• If we don't prevent the air pollution there are major chances that this historical
monument will become mere dust in the near future.

• Decaying of Taj Mahal is causing by air pollution.

• The reason behind discoloration of Taj mahal is thick toxic smog comes from
burning of solid waste.

• Acid rain is also affecting Taj Mahal by the oxidation reaction with marble.

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