Ganges at Kanpur
Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.47°, 80.33° · River pollution
Tannery effluent and untreated sewage pour into a river sacred to hundreds of millions.
Kanpur's leather tanneries have long discharged chromium-laden waste into the Ganges, and most of the city's sewage reached the river untreated. The Namami Gange programme has built treatment plants and relocated tanneries, with mixed results. More than 400 million people live in the Ganges basin.
In the game
Ganges at Kanpur flares up as Polluted water. The fix is a gesture: drag through the floating waste to sweep it up. Done right, it becomes Water cleaned ♻️. Finish all three steps of its chain in one round for a combo, or take your time in Explore mode: a place you fully restore stays green on your map for good.
🧭 Fly there and restore it▶ Play a 60-second round