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Detailed explanation-1: -The volume of water available in the Ganga and the groundwater in the river-basin have both seen a significant fall between 2002 and 2021, a report by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) released on Tuesday said.

Detailed explanation-2: -The river is also used for fishing, irrigation, and bathing, and it is worshiped in the Hindu religion as the Mother Ganga. As the river empties into the Bay of Bengal, the mouth forms the Ganges River Delta, the largest river delta in the world. The Ganges River is a vital resource to Asia, but it faces many threats.

Detailed explanation-3: -However, a comprehensive bilateral treaty was signed by Indian Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed on 12 December 1996 in the Indian capital New Delhi. The treaty established a 30-year water-sharing arrangement and recognised Bangladesh’s rights as a lower-level riparian.

Detailed explanation-4: -For most of its course the Ganges flows through Indian territory, although its large delta in the Bengal area, which it shares with the Brahmaputra River, lies mostly in Bangladesh. The general direction of the river’s flow is from northwest to southeast. At its delta the flow is generally southward.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Ganges river in India is more than 2,500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world.