By the banks of the river, Hindu priests offer prayers and bathe in the icy water. India's holy Ganges begins as a crystal clear river high in the icy Himalayas but pollution and excessive usage ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Ganges is home to a diverse range of aquatic life, including several endangered species. However, due to pollution, many of these species are facing extinction. The contaminated water affects ...

This story is part of a special National Geographic News series on global water issues. Even as pollution levels in the Ganges River continue to rise, recent legal rulings may offer up a new ...

A recent report by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), a ... The CPCB report which analysed Ganges water said: “The river water quality was not conforming to the primary water quality ...

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 ...

"I didn't even know what the word 'pollution' meant ... Jaiswal traced the drinking water to an intake channel on the Ganges. There he made a horrifying discovery: two drains carrying raw ...

The Ganges river dolphin faces a number of threats, including water pollution, excessive water extraction and poaching. The endangered Ganges river dolphin (Platanita gangetica) already faces ...

Hundreds of millions of Hindu devotees have bathed in sacred waters, despite concerns over overcrowding and water pollution ... of three holy rivers – the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical ...

The Buriganga, or Old Ganges, is so polluted that its water ... one of its officials. Pollution in the river water during the dry season was well above standard levels, a recent survey by the ...

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 ...