Question

India's Ganges River, a vital natural resource, is thought to be seriously contaminated. Why has the government been slow in cleanup efforts?

With other industries on the rise, the government has no motivation to spend the money cleaning the Ganges.


There is strong belief among the Hindu majority that harm cannot come to such a sacred river.


India is underdeveloped and therefore lacks the necessary finances to undertake cleanup efforts.


The government wants to lower population density by encouraging people to move away from the river's banks.

Answer 1

• Option- B.

There is strong belief among the Hindu majority that harm cannot come to such a sacred river.

Step-by-step explanation:

• India's Ganges River, a vital natural resource, is thought to be seriously contaminated.But, as per the belief's of the Hindus the water of the river is more pure then any other form of liquid on the face of earth, as India has large number of Hindus making it more clear that not even after knowing that the water can be very fatal for any living being still no one can speak against having a bath or drinking from the water of Ganges River in India.