River of life, river of death : the Ganges and India's future Victor Mallet.

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: UK: Oxford University Press, ©2017Edition: First editionDescription: xix, 316 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour), 1 map ; 23 cmISBN:

9780198823995 (hbk.) :

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304.280 23 MAL

Contents:

1. Introduction: killing the mother goddess 2. Mouth of the cow: the Himalayan source 3. Holy waters 4. How to build a megacity--and save the Ganges 5. Varanasi: India's capital for a day 6. Varanasi: broken promises 7. Toxic river 8. Superbug river 9.Dolphins, crocodiles, and tigers 10. People pressure: why population growth is not a dividend 11. Water and wells: why the taps run dry 12. Dams and droughts: engineering the Ganges 13. Storms and Sandbanks: boats on the Ganges 14. Trade artery no more: Calcutta and Bengal 15. Mission impossible? How to clean the Ganges 16. Beautiful forest: where the Ganga meets the ocean

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Social Sciences	Non-fiction	304.280 MAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		36955

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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