GW : Global warming and our rivers

Increasing climatic temperatures are continuously affecting the rivers of our country. Our India is unimaginable without rivers because its we only who have categorized our rivers amongst holy rivers, unlike the rivers in other countries.

Rivers and the threat on them :

Its a matter of serious concern that the glacier of the rivers in our country are melting at a rate of 1.7 m per year. This melting of ice has been very much during the period of the past decade i.e. 1998-2007. This is the reason Gangotri has shifted 23 m forward. According to the current news, 7 rivers flowing in the countries India, Nepal, & China including Ganga, Brahmaputra, Yellow river etc. are in danger indicating nearly one-fourth population is under threat.