The Ganges, the 1,500-mile river flowing through Northern India, is one of the holiest yet most polluted places in the country. It is a place where people pray, and a place where people wash and bathe. Producer Phoebe Judge travels to the city of Varanasi, on the river’s left bank, where she meets people who live along the Ganges and want to clean it up the sewage that pours into it every day. The original version of this story aired May 3, 2012.
October 03, 2013
October 03, 2013
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A girl at the Ganges River in the city of Varanasi
Credit:
Indaia Whitcombe