World Water Day


Updated: 2007-03-26 06:37

A Hindu devotee Jagdish Maharaj, 62, drinks polluted water from the Ganges River, as the world marks World Water Day, in Allahabad, India, Thursday, March 22, 2007. Maharaj said he has been drinking the water for the past 20 years. A report released by the World Wide Fund for Nature Tuesday lists the Ganges among the 'World's Top 10 Rivers at Risk,'' which are severely impacted by over-extraction and climate change and are dying fast.

A Hindu devotee Jagdish Maharaj, 62, drinks polluted water from the Ganges River, as the world marks World Water Day, in Allahabad, India, Thursday, March 22, 2007. Maharaj said he has been drinking the water for the past 20 years. A report released by the World Wide Fund for Nature Tuesday lists the Ganges among the 'World's Top 10 Rivers at Risk,'' which are severely impacted by over-extraction and climate change and are dying fast.[AP]


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