We exploit the public good attributes of Ganges water pollution cleanup and theoretically analyze an aggregate economy … of two cities-Kanpur and Varanasi-through which the Ganges flows. Our specific objective is to study whether water … efficient cleanup amounts that maximize the aggregate surplus from making the Ganges cleaner in the two cities. Second, we …

included engaging in prayer, meditation, bathing in the revered River Ganges, listening to spiritual discourses, as well as …