Even though millions have been spent to preserve the sacred River Ganges, the pollution level in the river has reached an alarming level. The oxygen level in the river water has dripped to ...

Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But pollution, dams and removal of too much water (mostly for agriculture) have affected the flow and health of ...

As India struggles to clean up the Ganges river, researchers hope that their ‘message in a bottle’ approach will help shed light on the impact of plastic pollution on the 2,700 kilometre long ...

Both towns are places of pilgrimage located in the upper reaches of the Ganges where the river leaves the Himalayas and where the pollution begins. One of GIZ’s primary tasks is to improve the ...

The river in Haridwar itself caught fire in 1984 when someone put a lit match on the water. "Indians are killing the Ganges with pollution and the polluted Ganges, in turn, is killing Indians ...

New Delhi, Plastic pollution from discarded fishing gear in the Ganges River poses a threat to wildlife such as the critically endangered three-striped roofed turtle and the endangered Ganges ...

The Ganges River, revered as the goddess Ganga, is central to Hindu culture for its purification powers. It supports millions ...

The pollution affects the river dolphin population ... The exploration of the river Ganges is an opportunity to see how humans depend on rivers but also pollute them. The Ganges is one of the ...

This year's Durga Puja pandal theme at Chetla Agrani focuses on the pollution of the Ganges. The waste displayed in the ...