The Ganges River is in bad shape. Sewage flows into the water that people use to cook, bathe, and perform burial rites. Cleanup efforts are behind schedule.

The Ganges River flows from Rishikesh to Uttarkashi near the Tehri Dam. The river is the main lifeline for over one billion people, yet pollution is threatening its future. Peter McBride/National ...

Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and interim head of the Department of Sustainability, presented a paper on centralized versus decentralized approaches to cleaning water ...

Pollution in lower stretches of the Ganges will have an adverse effect on the biodiversity of Sundarbans — one of the world’s richest mangrove forest ecosystems, scientists tell Namita Singh ...

India's holy Ganges begins as a crystal clear river high in the icy Himalayas but pollution and excessive usage transforms it into toxic sludge in places on its journey through burgeoning cities ...

The Ganges river in India is more than 2,500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But ...

The Ganges river is one of the world’s most sacred waterways—and one of its most polluted. To restore it, India is undertaking one of the biggest engineering programs in the history of sanitation.

The Ganges River dolphin, scientifically named Platanista gangetica gangetica, is one of the most unique and charismatic ...

The river, celebrated with birth and death ceremonies on its banks, is also linked to waterborne diseases which kill thousands of adults and children annually.

High levels of faecal bacteria found in river Ganges as millions take Kumbh dip - Pollution concerns rise as millions take ritual dips in the Ganges ...

Pollution has turned the sacred waters into a lethal cocktail of industrial and human waste. Can the river be saved?

The Ganges river in India is more than 2,500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But ...