Pollution of the Ganges - Wikipedia
WEBThe Ganges is severely polluted with human waste and industrial contaminants. Currently, it is considered the most polluted river in the world. [ 5 ] Stretches of over 600 km (370 mi) are classified as ecologically dead zones .
Inside India’s Gargantuan Mission to Clean the Ganges River
WEBNov 30, 2023 · 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...
Toxic plastics choking the River Ganges - Nature
WEBAug 24, 2021 · Polyethylene from discarded plastic bags, food-packaging films and milk bottles is increasingly gagging the Ganges river turning it into a toxic water body downstream, research shows.
India’s effort to clean up sacred but polluted Ganga River
WEBFeb 11, 2020 · Experts link pollution in the Ganga and other rivers to India's high rate of waterborne illnesses, which kill an estimated 1.5 million children each year. Researchers have also discovered the...
Can India clean up its holiest river? - National Geographic
WEBMar 17, 2022 · Ridding the Ganges of thousands of tons of plastic trash is a complex puzzle. India is starting to put the pieces together. Two rivers, the Bhagirathi and the Alaknanda, converge in the western...
Toxic Waste in the Ganges River | BBC Earth - YouTube
WEBMar 9, 2019 · BBC Earth. 12.7M subscribers. Subscribed. 3.9K. 297K views 5 years ago. Simon Reeves looks at the dangerous levels of pollution in the Ganges River. Subscribe to BBC Earth for more amazing...
Tracking the Ganges river, a highway of plastic waste
WEBOct 18, 2021 · In an effort to identify plastic accumulation and leakage hotspots along the Ganges river, a recent project in three north Indian cities found that roughly 10–25% of all the plastic waste generated was littered and was not routed into recycling or appropriate waste disposal channels.
"Sea to Source: Ganges" Dispatch: The River Just Needs to Flow
WEBJun 15, 2019 · This is the story of National Geographic Society's female-led expedition team as they track & characterize plastics in the Ganges River using land-debris trackers, community surveys & water-air-sediment sampling.
What It Takes to Clean the Ganges - The New Yorker
WEBJul 18, 2016 · The Ganges absorbs more than a billion gallons of waste each day, three-quarters of it raw sewage and domestic waste and the rest industrial effluent, and is one of the ten most polluted rivers...
“Sea to Source: Ganges” Expedition Team Releases Key Findings
WEBFeb 25, 2021 · The National Geographic “Sea to Source: Ganges” river expedition used rapid assessment methods to provide the first empirical baseline data on the source, quantities, and flow of plastic pollution along the length of the Ganges River system — from the Bay of Bengal to the Himalaya.