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Geography Rishikesh

Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, a Ganga river city relevant to environmental, civic and public-interest records.

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Sarthak Goswami’s ‘pooja ya dhong’ critique points to documented sewage failures in the Ganga at Rishikesh

In a June 2026 reel, Sarthak Goswami calls it hypocrisy to revere the Ganga while polluting it, citing untreated sewage at Rishikesh and disposal of puja material and plastic. Official CAG and CPCB records independently document serious sewer-connectivity and treatment failures in Rishikesh, while the reel’s specific commenter anecdote and the prevalence of ritual dumping…