india where the image you see behind me is a snapshot of its most sacred river the ganges called the ganga in india but the river is also polluted heavily of that the indian government's national mission which implements its gun got clean the plan estimates that roughly three billion liters of sewage and those that have every day of this only about one billion liters is treated this is in addition to a report from last year that says the ganders cut is the sixth highest amount of plastic debris in the world into the oceans dyess it to stick for a river that supports eleven states and india and about forty three percent of the country's population as it meanders its way from the him in the north to the bay of bengal in the east today on a global day of action on the environment the earth day network is spearheading an initiative to clean up the iconic river beginning high up in the himalayas before moving downstream to towns and cities that lie in the ganders. for movie i joined now by very high in delhi he's the founder of the indian environmental group. raymond good to have you with us no

the descendants of the great mongol conqueror ganga's khan are a proud people. their courage never fails them. many mongolians and nomads and often live in inhospitable regions as winter ends the families drive their livestock to fresh pastures a four day journey at an altitude of two thousand meters in the icy mountains the temperature can reach minus forty degrees celsius. here are the. legs doesn't like the look of the gray eyes a sure sign that it's full of water. slowly the van sinks deeper. if the ice reaches halfway up the doors he'll be trapped his truck will become a metal coffin he needs to find a way out of. an issue and then all of the puzzle side of the who can do in. this. dialogue all to do more there's a job there that i didn't get to go into. at all hold or to do. or do it as. his worst fears confirmed loud but heads back to shore. after a considerable detour the van arrives at the tribe's camp. in mongolian means craftsman. that have all. so how did not it would you know how i didn't know. that. they planned to leave the following morning. the