Originally Posted by baddog

I did not click the link, so making a presumption that the river is the Ganges, which is a holy place to Hindu, and they try to bathe in it at least once in their lives.

They are also into cremation, and they cremate the bodies on the river. Unfortunately, wood is not easy to find and can get expensive. Couple that with the fact that the people are poor and you end up with partially cremated bodies in the river.

I would not recommend fishing there.