Padma River is also known as the Ganga and was named the Hoogly or Hooghly River by the British. Further downstream, in Goalando, from the source, the Padma is joined by the Jamuna (Lower Brahmaputra) and the resulting combination flows with the name Padma further east, to Chandpur. Here, the widest river in Bangladesh, the Meghna joins the Padma, continuing as the Meghna almost in a straight line to the south, ending in the Bay of Bengal. The Padma forms the whole of the southern boundary of the Pabna District for a distance of about . The Jalangi River is thrown off
Save Ganga Movement been very bent on the issue of the holy river, and has promised the Parliament of India to get the holy river clean and out of misery, as the density of coli-form bacteria have risen from 5,000 per 100ml to 58,000 per 100ml, which is 121.6 over the acceptable limit. So far, Rs 20,000 crore has gone into the cleaning of the Ganga. From household waste to construction debris, from used irrigation water containing fertilizer and pesticides to industrial waste, from people bathing in the river to ashes immersed in it, the Ganga is abused. ABCD Shri. Modi has offered