Answer the following questions :

1. Do you think rivers attract people to urbanization? How?
2. In what sense rivers are going through the pangs of death?
3. What should we do to bring back the glorious past of the rivers?
4. Do you think industrialization is responsible for river pollution?
5. We, the people are responsible for the catastrophe of our rivers. Do you agree? Why/why not

a. Yes, I think so. Rivers support trade and commerce and supply drinking water. Expanding trade and commerce help develop a city economically. That's how, rivers attract people to urbanization. 

b. Rivers are going through the pangs of death in the sense that they are getting polluted by the industries and factories. They have become unable to sustain living organisms. Their ecosystem is getting destroyed due to the heavy pollution 

c. To bring back the glorieous past of the rivers, we need to have strict laws to stop waste disposal in to our rivers. We need to relocate industrial areas that are located near the major rivers so that they cannot pollute the rivers. Besides, we need to control the numbers of steamers, ferries and other means of water transportation. 

d. I think uncontrolled industrialization is responsible for river pollution. For instance, 20000 tons of tannery wastes, including some highly toxic materials are released into our rivers every day. Industrial areas in and around the capital city have been identified as the primary sources of river pollution. Hence, uncontrolled industrialization is responsible for river pollution. 

E- Yes, I do agree that we, the people are responsible for the catastrophe of our rivers. Every day, we discharge tons  of waste materials into the rivers. On the other hand, we are not taking appropriate measures to stop pollution of  the rivers. In this way, we are destroying our rivers.