According to legend,when the Gangetic plains went dry on account of some curse, Bhageeratha did tapasya and brought the heavenly Ganga to the dry plains.
The geographic history is that during the last ice age, the whole Himalayan region was covered with thick ice and snow. In summer a little water produced by melting snow may flow as a small channel to be dried up soon. Slowly, the warming process melted the glacier lakes (it must have taken a few thound years; we can only guess) creating great thrust, along the lake walls which, at some point, will give way, causing great floods. This is the genesis of the holy river.
Today with the help of advanced technology, we can make any number tunnels, cutting through the glacier lake walls. At the bottom, glacier will be watery because of very high pressure ; the water will flow through the tunnel. This way,we can have abundant water, pure as dew, sufficient to supply water, enough for towns and fields, not only along the Gangetic plains but down southwards in Rajastan, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Orissa . The quantity of water, in the form of ice, in the whole Himalayan region may well be more than a small sea which will be replenished each year, whether it rains or not, the clouds being forced to rain while trying to cross the high mountain ranges!
Today with the help of advanced technology, we can make any number tunnels, cutting through the glacier lake walls. At the bottom, glacier will be watery because of very high pressure ; the water will flow through the tunnel. This way,we can have abundant water, pure as dew, sufficient to supply water, enough for towns and fields, not only along the Gangetic plains but down southwards in Rajastan, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Orissa . The quantity of water, in the form of ice, in the whole Himalayan region may well be more than a small sea which will be replenished each year, whether it rains or not, the clouds being forced to rain while trying to cross the high mountain ranges!
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