Releasing of more water from dams at Tehri and other hydel projects is only a temporary solution, the health of the river is beyond fragile due to contamination and pollution in Allahabad.

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 ...

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 History Lecture Series hosted their second installment of “River Histories” on Jan. 29 with a lecture presented by ...

In the depths of one of the world’s most polluted rivers, a community of divers searches for coins thrown by Hindu worshippers, valuables, and even bodies to make a living - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Among the massive crowds at the Kumbh Mela, the world's largest religious gathering in northern India's Prayagraj city, there is a unique group of people called Kalpwasis.

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 ...

plans to cover more cities along the Ganges to do its bit to reduce river pollution. Harita Mehta spoke to Karan Rastogi, the co founder of Help Us Green about the initiative ...