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High levels of faecal bacteria found in river Ganges as millions take Kumbh dip
A recent report by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB ... The CPCB report which analysed Ganges water said: “The river water quality was not conforming to the primary water quality ...
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‘You need a bath after the bath’: World’s largest religious gathering wraps up after 600 million devotees take holy dip
Hundreds of millions of Hindu devotees have bathed in sacred waters, despite concerns over overcrowding and water pollution, ...
Yamuna virtually ‘dead’in city, says Parliamentary panel report
The report, tabled in both houses of Parliament on Tuesday, said, of the three main portions of the river flowing through the ...
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37 rivers in Khulna Division at risk: speakers
Speakers at an International Day of Action for Rivers event in Mongla today warned that relentless encroachment and pollution ...
First-ever survey finds over 6,300 river dolphins in country; highest in UP
The first population estimation of riverine dolphins in India has revealed the presence of 6,327 dolphins in the Ganga, ...
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Officials, experts of Bangladesh, India to sit tomorrow over Ganges water talks
After an intensive on-the-spot survey for two days of the current status of the flow in the Ganges river at Farakka in West Bengal, technical experts and senior officials of Bangladesh and India ...
India’s pollution body now says water quality during Mahakumbh was fit for bathing
Earlier on February 17, the board informed the National Green Tribunal that water at several locations in the Ganga in ...
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‘You need a bath after the bath’: World’s largest religious gathering wraps up after 600 million devotees take holy dip
Hundreds of millions of Hindu devotees have bathed in sacred waters, despite concerns over overcrowding and water pollution ... made cleaning the Ganges, India’s holiest river, a priority ...