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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name the 11-year-old girl who will swim in River Ganga from Kanpur to Varansi with a message of clean Ganga.
A
Shraddha Shukla
B
Maana Patel
C
Kamlesh Nanavati
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -By India Today Web Desk: A 11-year-old is determined to spread the message of ‘clean Ganga’ by swimming from Kanpur to Varanasi, Shraddha Shukla, popularly known as Nanhi Jalpari, will cover a distance of 550 kilometres in 70 hours.

Detailed explanation-2: -Apart from the 84 concrete river banks, the greenish water can be seen on the other side as well. “Ganga does turn light green during the rainy season due to the heavy inflow of mosses and lichens from ponds and lakes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Like most big rivers, the Ganges has different types of flow and undertow in places. Swimming is possible in the calmer areas, where there is no undertow but it’s preferable that one does not swim in the calmer portion as it’s highly polluted.

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