On that thought, this article highlights one factor of pollution in Ganga – caused by religious practices and rituals. However, participatory work from the bottom level cannot be secured in clean Ganga projects without engaging with the cultural and religious ties between the river and the people. While searching for the reason of hardly any outcome achieved against reducing water pollution despite years of efforts, policies and large sums of funding allotted to clean Ganga plan, the lack of participatory work in the field becomes evident. This increasing impact of water pollution and climate change on human life, affecting our fundamental need and right to clean drinking water and sanitation immediately takes us to the long due clean Ganga project.

This significant linkage was echoed in World Water Day on March 22 which was celebrated on the theme of Water and Climate Change this year. As per a recent study by researchers in Cardiff University's Water Research Institute and the University of Vermont, improving the quality of water is a stronger tool to mitigate the effects of climate change.

Optimal use of water and improving the quality of available water are the need of the hour. Water pollution adds fuel to the fire to the effect of climate change and needs to be addressed immediately. Climate change affects societies mainly through water – its availability, quality and quantity.

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