A luxury cruise has been hailed as the start of a new age of Indian tourism. But conservationists fear the impact of increased river traffic and pollution
in 2006 due to increased river traffic on the Yangtze. “There’s no doubt that disturbances from cruises will gravely impact the dolphins, which are sensitive to noise,” he said.
Gangetic dolphins are “almost blind” and navigate the murky waters and forage for food using echolocation clicks. Jagdish Krishnaswamy, an ecohydrologist from the Indian Institute for Human Settlements in Bangalore, said: “The underwater noise pollution due to the increased traffic of cruise, cargo vessels and mechanised boats interferes with the echolocation clicks making their very existence arduous.
Cruises between Varanasi and Kolkata began in 2009. But a World Bank-funded project to develop inland waterways, called the or National Waterway-1 on the Ganges, is being used by the Bharatiya Janata party government to boost tourism and promote cargo movement in an “eco-friendly way”.The planet's most important stories. Get all the week's environment news - the good, the bad and the essentialNewsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties.
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