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https://dialogue.earth/content/uploads/2016/04/1024px-Indian_boat_ready_for_fishing.jpg1020572The Hilsa that once swam from the sea to Agra and Delhi to titillate the palate of Mughal royalty now finds the Ganga so shallow and so dirty that it cannot swim upriver for more than 75 km