Varanasi, Feb. 22 -- The Head of the Department of Neurology at Banaras Hindu University, Professor Vijay Nath Mishra, rejected the Pollution Board's claim that a concerning level of faecal coliform was found in the Mahakumbh water. He said that the Ganga river water forms phages that kill the bacteria.

Faecal coliform is an indicator of sewage contamination.

Vijay Nath Mishra stated that the number of faecal coliforms being reported is correct. Where there is a gathering of flesh, the number of faecal coliforms increases.

"This phage is capable of killing any amount of pollution. The special thing is that the more the amount of faecal coliforms increases in the water of Ganga, the water of Ganga forms the phage to kill it at twice the...