What type of government did the Indus River Valley Civilization have?

theocracy government
The Indus river valley civilization is a theocracy government and a theocracy is run by a priest so that means their religion was very important to them. In ancient Indus karma played a big role in their laws.

What is government doing to clean Ganga?

The Central government’s ambitious project to clean River Ganga, under its Namami Gange Project (NGP), has borne some fruit with river water from Rudraprayag in Uttarakhand to Uluberia in West Bengal improving between 2014 and 2019, latest data of the Jal Shakti ministry showed.

What is one benefit of the Ganges river?

Today, the river flows through well-populated regions of India, providing freshwater to the millions of people living in these regions. The river is also used for fishing, irrigation, and bathing, and it is worshiped in the Hindu religion as the Mother Ganga.

How does the Ganges River contribute to the economy?

The cultivated area of the Ganges valley in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar benefits from a system of irrigation canals that has increased the production of such cash crops as sugarcane, cotton, and oilseeds. The older canals are mainly in the Ganges-Yamuna Doab (doab meaning “land between two rivers”).

Is the depletion of the Ganges River a threat to India?

Depletion of the Ganges’ waters is one of the threats to its health. The river’s basin occupies over a quarter of India’s land area and supports 47% of its population, so the demands on its waters are immense. A government authority recently published a report on the river entitled ‘Vision Ganga’.

Where are the major cities of the Ganges River?

This and its tributaries offer the water source to the significant cities of Kolkata, New Delhi, Patna, Allahabad, Varanasi, and Dhaka, capital city of Bangladesh. The Ganges River runs 1557 miles in length.

Who is responsible for trashing Modi’s promise to save Ganges?

And one of the players contributing to the trashing of Modi’s pledge to save the Ganges River is the Adani Group. Adani plans to draw millions of cubic metres from the lower Ganges every year.

What was the economy of the Middle Ganges River?

River traffic now is insignificant beyond the middle Ganges basin around Prayagraj, mainly consisting of rural rivercraft (including motorboats, sailboats, and rafts). West Bengal and Bangladesh, however, continue to rely on the waterways to transport jute, tea, grain, and other agricultural and rural products.