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Rivers in India have been regarded from time immemorial as sacred water bodies. The holy Ganges flowing in the most populated northern India is also declared unfit for even bathing. The present investigation has been carried out to monitor the water quality of river Ganga. Water samples were taken from five different sites and were checked out for microbiological study by evaluating SPC. Later on enumeration, isolation and identification of bacteria was done. Sensitivity tests were also carried out. The results obtained after performing the experiments indicates that the water in the tested stretch is unfit for both bathing and drinking purposes.
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Agarwal, S. K. 1992. Fundamentals of Ecology. Ashish publishing House 8, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi-110026/81.
Banerjee, B. N. 1989. Can the Ganga be cleaned. B.R. publishing corporation, Delhi.
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Cappucino, G. James, Sherman, Natalie, 2005. Microbiology : A laboratory manual. Pearson education (Singapore) Pvt. Ltd. Indian Branch, 484 FIA Patparganj, Delhi, India.
Holt, J.G., Kreig, N.R., Sneath, P.H.A., Staley, J. T. and Williams,S.T. 1994. Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, 9th edn.pp.151-157.
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Pandey M., Dixit V.K., Katiyar G.P., Nath G., Sundram S.M., Chandra N., Shomvansi, A.K., Kar, S. and Upadhay, V.K. 2005. Ganga water pollution and occurrence of Enteric Diseases in Varanasi city Indian Journal of community medicine. Vol.30 (4).
Sharma, Y. 1997. Case study of the Ganga, India,www.who.int/entity/water-sanitation-health/ resourses quality/wpc case study I.pdf.
Sood, Anchal , Pandey, Piyush, Bisht, Sandeep, Sharma, Shivesh, Gusain, Manju, P., Gusain, O. P. 2010. Assessment of bacterial diversity in the Gangetic river system of Uttarakhand, India, Curr. Sci. Vol.99, No.12, pp.1660-1663.
Velz, C.J., 1947. Factors influencing self purification and their relation to pollution abatement, Sewage work.J. 19:629.