Environmental impact of development in the Sundarbans Environmental impact of development in the Sundarbans Environmental impact of development in the Sundarbans, is the study of environmental impact on Sundarban, the largest single tract mangrove forest. It consist of a geographical area of , including of reserve forest land, and is a natural region located partly in southern Bangladesh and partly in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is ecologically a southern part of the Gangetic delta between the Hooghly river in India on the west and the Meghna river in Bangladesh on the east and is bounded by the Ganga-Padma, the Padma-Meghna on the north and
Ganga in Hinduism on her way during her descendent to earth she by mistake destroyed the hut of sage jhanu. As a consequence the sage drank all her water . On request by bagirath and Ganga maa herself he released Ganga from his ear and she earned the name Jahanvi. It falls on Saptami of Vaishakh month's shukla paksha. For Ganga dussehra see article on it. Ganga Maa is worshipped during Navratri as all the forms of Maa Adishakti are worshipped in those days. Ganga in Hinduism In Hinduism, the river Ganges is considered sacred and is personified as the goddess Gaṅgā. She