Japanese Internet celebrities went to the Ganges River in India to experience a purification ceremony. After landing, they felt unwell. Is the Ganges River really that scary?

Japanese Internet celebrities went to the Ganges River in India to experience a purification ceremony. After landing, they felt unwell. The Ganges River is really scary. The reasons are: 1. Domestic sewage, domestic garbage, industrial wastewater and waste are directly discharged into the Ganges River water. . 2. The E. coli content is extremely high, 20 to 30 times higher than normal standard water. 3. Dead bodies were once thrown into the river, the most polluted river on earth.

Recently, a 22-year-old Japanese female Internet celebrity "Keiko" imitated a Christian and was immersed in the Ganges River in India. As a result, she felt symptoms such as a sore nose and throat an hour after landing ashore, and developed a fever that night. , scared many Japanese netizens, and they continued to worry.

Internet celebrity Keiko has been living in India recently, and often posts videos of these life experiences online. Naturally, a video of imitating believers bathing in the Ganges River in India has also been posted online. In the video, you can see that Keiko is also wearing traditional Indian clothes. Like the locals, she slowly steps into the Ganges River and worships the sun with her hands. , like a Hindu, pinched his nose, squatted down, and submerged his body in the Ganges water. After that, he held the Ganges water in his hands and rinsed his face several times with the Ganges water.

In the video, you can’t see what the water of the Ganges River in India looks like? But it can be seen that the Ganges River water is very turbid and a little yellow. It is not as clear as other rivers. We can imagine how dirty the Ganges water is. It can be seen from the middle frame of the video that the local women in India enjoy the process of bathing in the Ganges water. It should be seen that their movements are completely natural and there is no trace of discomfort.

Keiko went to the Ganges River in India to experience a purification ceremony. After landing, she felt unwell, which triggered widespread heated discussion among netizens. She was also criticized by Japanese netizens, who believed that he should not be "competitive and competitive, knowing that The water in the Ganges River is extremely dirty, and it is too reckless to go there to experience purification.” If you bring trouble, you must take responsibility for yourself" and other language.

Facing doubts from netizens, Keiko also said: She also feels that she is a good person with good resistance. She has experienced countless food poisonings in India and other areas before, and she was still at sea. He has lived in a slum for half a year, and he often played in the extremely dirty sea before. Unexpectedly, he experienced such an experience, but failed miserably in the Ganges River. Therefore, Keiko advised Japanese netizens not to imitate his behavior and cause unnecessary damage to their bodies. harm. The bacteria and viruses in the Ganges River are really powerful and scary. Later I learned that many people in India could not bear it.

So how dirty is the Ganges River water?

1. Domestic sewage, domestic garbage, and industrial wastewater are directly discharged into the Ganges River.

First of all, the water in the Ganges River is actually crystal clear and extremely clean. But now India's population is too large, growing too fast, and its economic level is poor. As a result, a large amount of domestic sewage and domestic garbage have been processed and poured directly into the Gangshui River. In many cases, industrial wastewater is also discharged directly into the Gangshui River, making the Hengshui River too polluted, and garbage often floats on the water. The river water is very turbid.

2. The E. coli content is extremely high, 20 to 30 times higher than normal standard water.

Toilets in India are a problem. There are very few toilets. Of course, there is a lot of feces in the Ganges River, and a large amount of excrement enters the Ganges River. After monitoring, scientists found that the E. coli content in the middle and lower reaches of the Hengshui River was particularly high, 20 to 30 times higher than normal standard water.

3. Dead bodies were once thrown into the river, which is the most polluted river on earth.

Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, some people threw the corpses of people who died of illness into the river, causing corpses floating in the Ganges from time to time. In short, the Ganges is a garbage and sewage collection station. How dirty can it be? As dirty as it is, it's the most polluted river on earth.

However, Indians living on both sides of the Ganges cannot live without the Ganges. Whether it is domestic water or daily washing, they must use Ganges water. Although the Ganges water is extremely dirty, it is , Indians think it is holy water. Some merchants fill Ganges water directly from the Ganges water and sell it as original, but it is extremely popular. This also shows the status of Ganges water in the hearts of Indians, that is what they think. holy water.