“There has been 40-50 percent improvement in the quality of water in Ganga,” said Dr PK Mishra, Professor at Chemical Engineering and Technology, IIT-BHU, ANI News has reported.

The quality of water in the river Ganga has significantly improved amid the lockdown, enforced in order to contain the spread of corona pandemic. According to experts, the quality has improved by 40-50 percent.

One of the major factors attributed to this significant improvement is the shutting down of industries and other manufacturing units that use to discharge large volumes of effluents and toxicants into the river ecosystem.

“There has been 40-50 percent improvement in the quality of water in Ganga,” said Dr PK Mishra, Professor at Chemical Engineering and Technology, IIT-BHU.

One of the locals told, “The water quality has improved but the water levels are low. Once the water levels increase, Ganga will appear completely clean”.

Besides Kanpur, locals in Varanasi also said that water in the Ganga river has seen improvement in quality as is apparently more clearer.

“There is a lot of difference. Today, the water looks clean. One of the biggest reasons behind this is that today all factories are closed,” said a local.

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