Yes , in Bharatiya culture rivers are considered not mere drops of water but rather Mothers & Goddesses , why ? Why our sacred texts purposefully assigned status of river to that of dieties and hence not to be defiled even in thoughts ? Because there is a simple yet compelling reason - water is life !! And so there has been code when interacting with them so that they remain clean & pristine for supporting life primarily as concieved by Divine . For eg. you can't even step in rivers with footwears , ideally . So can disposing filth like digestive waste , industrial poisons & plastic garbage (which din't even existed in ancient times) be an integral part of our ancient culture ?? So....then where did this came ? No rocket science , mlechha !
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoJUPSDCOlY
The Great Stink -
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Stink
Yes , same devious mlechha are the progenitor of this filthy system whose unwanted progenies nowadays whine 'shitty Hindu river culture' 24/7 .
But yes , I don't deny we are not failing . There are bound to be failures too at every step at every level when there is a grand failure of us that goes at the root - electoral democracy ! We din't effectively disposed of this divide & rule legacy of the devious mlechha '47 onwards that have only cropped up a new breed of power lusty , greedy , corrupt & sold out scum to lead the nation . Result has been visible ever since .