The Ganges is unmistakably holy, made so by thousands of years of religious practice. At the same time, India treats the river as a septic tank.

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

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 race to save the river Ganges Worshipped by a billion Hindus and a water source for 400 million, the government is battling to save “Mother Ganga”.

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.

The river dolphins of India’s sacred Ganges River have long been revered, being written into Hindu religious tracts dating back thousands of years. Although surviving for centuries, today their ...

River Water Pollution: 5 reasons why you should avoid taking bath in Ganga While the Ganges hold a special place in the hearts of many, it is important to prioritise the health of ourselves and ...

An international, all-female expedition team will study plastic pollution in the Ganges River (called Padma in Bangladesh). The “Sea to Source: Ganges” river expedition, in partnership with the ...

New Delhi, November 30 Plastic pollution from discarded fishing gear in the Ganges River poses a threat to wildlife such as the critically endangered three-striped roofed turtle and the endangered ...

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 ...

The 66-year-old has been campaigning to clean the river since 1982, when he founded the Swatcha Ganges Abhiyaan (Campaign for a Clean Ganges) organization, an effort that combines his knowledge of the ...

Going dry: The Ganges river needs a new story More attention needs to be paid to how climate change is drying up India’s Ganges river, how excessive damming is proving disastrous, and pollution is ...