What are the environmental threats that Bangladesh and India face particularly in the Ganges and Brahmaputra delta?
What are the two main problems facing the Ganga Brahmaputra region today?
It is severely polluted with human waste and industrial contaminants. Today, the Ganges is considered to be the fifth-most polluted river in the world. Stretches of over 600 km (370 mi) are considered ecologically dead zones.