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In current-day India, water pollution is also one of the increasing problems due to the population explosion. As India is an agrarian country, agricultural wastes that are untreated often lead to water pollution. Some of the major types of pollutants are: pesticides and herbicides, heavy metals from exhausts, hazardous wastes, fertilizers as well as sediments from soil erosion. Water pollution is also caused by religious beliefs, more specifically, the belief that cremated bodies have to be scattered in River Ganga. According to an article in the Times of India, just in Uttar Pradesh, “sewage containing excrete of about 3 million people from 34 sewage pipes is being released into the Gomti in the eight-km stretch from Gaughat to Hanuman Setu in Lucknow.” The fact that factories release untreated wastes into nearby water bodies to save production costs also worsens the issue. Despite the fact that there are major water bodies in India, less than 3 percent of that water we see can be used for human consumption and industrial uses. If such pollution is not controlled, India may become hostile and not conducive for the survival of mankind.