ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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Question
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People are not allowed to go near the river when cremation are taking place
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The banks along the river regularly catch fire and threaten Indian homes built there.
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Factory owners cannot use water once human ashes have been thrown into it upstream
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The bodies of dead animals, as well as the ashes of human beings, have been placed in the river causing problems.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How has the Indian practice of cremating their dead been a problem for the river? The bodies of dead animals, as well as the ashes of human beings, have been placed in the river causing pollution.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Hindu believe that if a deceased’s ashes are laid in the Ganges at Varanasi, their soul will be transported to heaven and escape the cycle of rebirth. In a culture that believes in reincarnation, this concept called moksha is profound.
Detailed explanation-3: -Traditionally in India, Hindus are cremated along the Ganges River as part of a month-long series of funeral rites intended to purify and prepare the soul to move out of the body and assist it in moving toward mukti.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cremation causes both air and water pollution but when ash particles are discharged into a water body water pollution occurs. Cremation ashes are bad for the environment because unlike plant matter, ashes don’t decompose. The high pH and sodium levels are the reasons why ashes are toxic. Q.