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Why the Ganga (Ganges) Could Not be Cleaned

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Devendra Swaroop Bhargava
Devendra Swaroop Bhargava
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Professor (Environmental), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Roorkee, Roorkee, UP 247 667, India.
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Environmental Conservation , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , Summer 1992 , pp. 170 - 172
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1992

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