PDF, 12th June 2016
Do the waters of the Ganga have special anti-microbial properties? Can knowledge about
this ‘self-healing’ (उपचारा मक) ability be used for medicinal purposes?
A preliminary ( ारं भक) report that addresses these and related questions will be made
public in October, on the basis of a study conducted (संचा लत करना) by three labs of the
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), which comes under the
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
Ahead of the publication, the general impression shared by scientists involved (शा मल) in
the project is that the waters of the Ganga do have “special properties” and were “unlike
other rivers”.
Rakesh Kumar, the Director of NEERI, said: “There is prima facie evidence (सा य) of the
uniqueness of the Ganga,” adding that to put the findings on a firmer footing, the research
team is comparing sediments (तलछट) from various stretches of the river with those from
the Narmada.
“This is a study with potential (संभा वत) and not just folklore (कहावत),” declares Girish
Sahni, Director-General of CSIR.
The research on the Ganga’s self-healing properties, about one-and-a-half-years old now, is
part of a larger study commissioned by the Union Water Resources Ministry to study the
ecology, (पा रि थ तक ) health and biodiversity of key tributaries of the Ganga.
NEERI has been working with two other CSIR labs — the Central Institute of Medicinal and
Aromatic Plants, Lucknow and the Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTech, Chandigarh)
— on testing various hypotheses (प रक पना) associated with the project, which covers
the stretch of the river from Gangotri to a little downstream of Allahabad.
1. Healing (Adj.)
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Synonyms : Curative / Curing / Mending / Remedial / Invigorating / Restorative
2. Preliminary (Adj.)
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Synonyms : Introductory / Initial / Prior / Basic / Exploratory
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Antonyms : Additional / Extra / Secondary / Closing / Final
3. Conduct (V)
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Synonyms : control / Administer / Manage / Attend / Operate
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Antonyms : Abandon / Give up / Disorder / Disregard
4. Involved (Adj.)
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Synonyms : Confusing / Elaborate / Complicated / Muddled

Antonyms : Clear / Simple / Easy / Blameless
5. Evidence (N)
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Synonyms : Clue / Proof / Data / Confirmation / Sign
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Antonyms : Denial / Hiding / Heresy
6. Sediment (N)
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Synonyms : Debris / Waste / Power / Silt / Trash / Dross
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Antonyms : Possessions
7. Potential (Adj.)
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Synonyms : Hidden / Promising / Likely / Future
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Antonyms : Unlikely / Impossible / Lacking / Helpless
8. Folklore (N)
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Synonyms : Custom / Fable / Legend / Myth

Antonyms: Fact / Truth / Reality
9. Ecology (N)
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Synonyms : Conservation / Bionomics / Preservation
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Antonyms : Destruction
10. Hypotheses (N)

Synonyms : Theory / Axiom / Conclusion / Guess / Inference

Antonyms : Fact / Proof / Reality / Truth
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