But over the years the river has become slower and shallower due to the industrial effluents and rubbish dumped in it. ” This has resulted in the corpses ’ being “entangled in weeds and waste for weeks. ” In the late 1980 ’ s, the government tried to attack the problem by placing thousands of carnivorous turtles in the Ganges.
Taču gadu gaitā upe ir kļuvusi lēnāka un seklāka, jo tā ir piesārņota ar rūpnieciskajiem notekūdeņiem un atkritumiem ”, tāpēc mirušo ķermeņi ” iestrēgst ūdenszālēs un atkritumos un paliek tur nedēļām ilgi ”.