Ganga, the most abundant and wonderful natural resource, is extremely essential for survival of all living organisms.The holy waters of the river play a vital role in Hindu ceremonies, in rituals of birth and initiation of marriage and death. Hindu also believes life is incomplete without bathing in the Ganga at least once in their life time. In most Hindu families, a vital role of water from the Ganga is kept in every house. This is done because it is auspicious to have water of the Holy Ganga in the house, and also if someone is dying, that person will be able to drink its water.

Today the river of life is now dying a slow natural death. Our holy river Ganga is losing its extraordinary power due to impact of pollution being caused by so many factors like sewage and municipal waste, industrial effluent, agricultural runoff, diversion of channel, Dams and Barrages, dead bodies, holy bathing over population etc. Dangerously polluted water in Ganga is just one example of deleterious effect of unsound water strategies throughout the world. The Ganga is considered as ‘Source of Life’. So, pollution of Ganga affects more than 500 million people as well as animals and all the organisms that are directly or indirectly dependent upon Ganga water.