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 ...

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 ...

Even 15 days after the conclusion of the Prayagraj Maha Kumbh, ornithologists are intrigued by promising signs from the ...

Hundreds of millions of Hindu devotees have bathed in sacred waters, despite concerns over overcrowding and water pollution, ...

The report, tabled in both houses of Parliament on Tuesday, said, of the three main portions of the river flowing through the ...

The first population estimation of riverine dolphins in India has revealed the presence of 6,327 dolphins in the Ganga, ...

Speakers at an International Day of Action for Rivers event in Mongla today warned that relentless encroachment and pollution ...

‘Namami’ – ‘I bow before you’. The Sanskrit word is the namesake of the Namami Gange programme devised by the government in 2014 to help restore the Ganges to health. Progress has been patchy. 40 per ...

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 ...