Assessment of Ganges River Water Quality at Allahabad: A case study for the event of Magha Mela

Authors

  • LN Gupta Pollution Research Laboratory, Department of Energy and Environment, Faculty of Science & Environment, Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, Chitrakoot
  • Ram Avtar United Nations University, Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainabliligy, Tokyo
  • Ameerjeet Singh Pollution Research Laboratory, Department of Energy and Environment, Faculty of Science & Environment, Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, Chitrakoot
  • Pankaj Kumar Institute of Science and Technology for Advance Studies and Research (ISTAR), Vallabh Vidyanagar
  • Emmanuel Mutisya Graduate Programm in Sustainability Science, Global Leadership Initiative, University of Tokyo
  • Geetha Mohan Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science, University of Tokyo
  • GS Gupta Pollution Research Laboratory, Department of Energy and Environment, Faculty of Science & Environment, Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, Chitrakoot

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/ijls.v8i3.9303

Keywords:

River Ganges, India, Magh Mela, Water quality

Abstract

Considering Ganga River as one of main Holy River in India, millions of people throng to the river to have a holy dip, Aachman (Mouthful of holy water) and cleanse themselves of sins. Magh Mela is a great festival to take place in bank of Triveni (Sangam) at Allahabad and runs more than one and half month, when millions of pilgrims from different regions in India go there for taking a holy bath in Sangam of Ganga. Thus, the bathing in the river during Magh Mela leads to high pollution of the river in comparison to other days such as normal bathing days. This study focused on the water quality status from some selected physico-chemical parameters of River Ganges and the impact of Magh Mela as well as the variation in the river’s flow rate. Results indicate that the pollution load was alarmingly high and the flow of the Ganga had been very poor. Further, the study found that the water was not fit for bathing during the 2012 Magh Mela.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijls.v8i3.9303

International Journal of Life Sciences Vol.8(3): 2014: 8-14

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Published

2014-05-27

How to Cite

Gupta, L., Avtar, R., Singh, A., Kumar, P., Mutisya, E., Mohan, G., & Gupta, G. (2014). Assessment of Ganges River Water Quality at Allahabad: A case study for the event of Magha Mela. International Journal of Life Sciences, 8(3), 8–14. https://doi.org/10.3126/ijls.v8i3.9303

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 3 (2014)

Section

Research Articles

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