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Nature’s Cure of the Ganga: The Ganga-Jal

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Ganga had been famous since times immortal for its unique properties of extremely high self-purification and that its water does not purify even after long storages even in air-tight containers apart from many other beliefs like Ganga’s water having some medicinal properties, physical and spiritual healing, ensuring salvation after inhalation of a few drops of the Ganga water, etc. The author through his experimental and analysis of data for several years had been able to establish the scientific evidences and logics for the stated special properties of the Ganga. The article also presents a fool-proof permanent strategy for the pollution control of the now severely polluted Ganga at a few places.

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  1. IIT Roorkee, Bhargava Lane, Devpura, Haridwar, 249401, UK, India

    Devendra Swaroop Bhargava (retired Environmental Professor)

  2. Asian Institute of Technology Bangkok, Khlong Nueng, Pathum Thani, Thailand

    Devendra Swaroop Bhargava (former Visiting Environmental Professor)

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    Rashmi Sanghi

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Bhargava, D.S., Bhargava, D.S. (2014). Nature’s Cure of the Ganga: The Ganga-Jal. In: Sanghi, R. (eds) Our National River Ganga. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00530-0_6

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