Polluted with waste, the Ganges River is being cleaned by a billion-dollar programme – but are the efforts to clean it ...

The Uttar Pradesh government is yet to make a statement on the NGT's latest ban on waste dumping by the Ganges. The river is sacred to Hindus who worship it as "Mother Ganges", but it has also ...

Sweeping aside thick toxic scum, thousands of Hindu devotees ignored court warnings Thursday against bathing in the sacred ...

The river Ganges - worshipped in Hinduism as "Ganga ... But both are heavily polluted by industrial waste, by sewage and even by the remains of the many bodies cremated on their banks.

From clogging drains that worsen floods to leaching harmful chemicals into food and water, polythene bags are a persistent ...

Hindus believe the river's waters are sacred ... believed to have healing qualities. He bathed in the Ganges amid the waste and the ashes of the dead. He bowed his head in prayer and found ...

The Ganges river is one of the most polluted rivers in ... solution we presented to track other plastics or environmental waste,” said Alasdair Davies of the conservation technology organisation ...

Success in the effective implementation of environmental laws would, in this end, be achieved through the balance of conservation with development and through ensuring that future generations inherit ...

This year's Durga Puja pandal theme at Chetla Agrani focuses on the pollution of the Ganges. The waste displayed in the ...

The Ganges is a sacred river that is central to life in many parts of India. But it's also one of the most famous examples of overconsumption of water and pollution. The river is filled with waste and ...

NARRATOR: Three thirteen-year-olds from the UK are on their way to explore the geography of India. Dua, Amalia and Nayan are on a ten hour flight through the night from London to New Delhi, the ...

Hindus believe the river's waters are sacred ... believed to have healing qualities. He bathed in the Ganges amid the waste and the ashes of the dead. He bowed his head in prayer and found ...