ocr: Life and death on the Ganges Once in every lifetime an Instead their corpses are observant Hindu hopes to often dumped into the river. make a pilgrimage to the Yet this is a minor ele- holy city of Varanasi. Some ment in the Ganges' serious come to wash away sick- pollution problem, caused ness and sin in the Ganges mainly by sewage andi in- River. Others bring their dustrial waste. The Ganges deadi to bel burned (left and Action Plan, launched in the above). Still others come: to mid-1980s, has attemptedi to live their last days here, for clean up the river with a va- to die and be cremated! ...
