But supporters of the turtle project believe their plans for an eventual release of up to 100,000 members of the species Trionyx Gangeticus will go a long way towards cleaning up an unpleasant and embarrassing problem. 
The Ganges <tag "515647">derives</> its special status in Indian society not from its length -which at 1,500 miles is shorter than the Brahmaputra, the Indus and even the Danube &dash. but from legend.   

