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Q. The River in India known as the open sewer is ______:
Answer: The Ganga
Notes: Considerable population lives by the banks of the Ganga and Yamuna. A large amount of waste is generated by the population (such as sewage and human wastes) that are dumped into these. Also, industrial wastes are directly discharged into these rivers. It is contaminated with biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) values ranging from 14 to 28 mg/l and high coliform content.

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