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 in Varanasi, and along much of its stretch, remains polluted. According to the government-run Pollution Control Board’s own figures, in 2020, samples of the river water collected in ...

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 ...

According to leading Ganges activists, big dams are destroying the very character of the river. In May 2019, the Central Pollution Control Board said in a report that the water from the Ganges was ...

"The Ganges is above all the river of India ... deputy coordinator of the River Pollution Campaign at the Center for Science and the Environment, a watchdog group in New Delhi, India's capital.

However, despite its spiritual significance, the Ganges is facing a severe problem of pollution. The river is contaminated with various pollutants and toxins that not only harm the environment but ...

Plastic pollution in on the shore of the Ganges ... drinks bottles) through the Ganges River system (known as the Ganga in India and the Padma and Meghna in Bangladesh, hereafter known as the ...

Shrinking Himalayan glaciers, erratic flooding, and rising pollution levels are key concerns. The Ganges is more than a river ...

The white froth, a mixture of sewage and industrial waste, has formed over sections of the Yamuna River – a tributary of the holy Ganges River ... levels of pollution that have sickened ...

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 ...