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 ...

Over the past two decades, holy men in India have gone on dozens of fasts demanding governments honour their promise to revive the polluted Ganges, a river revered by Hindus. The recent death of ...

India's revered Ganges and Yamuna rivers cannot be viewed as living entities, the Supreme Court has ruled. It overruled an order made in March by the High Court in Uttarakhand state, which said ...

An aphrodisiac made from donkeys, holy water from the Ganges river and a live toad are among the more unusual items retrieved by biosecurity officials at Australian airports and mail centres last ...

The Namami Gange program significantly improved the Ganges River's water quality in Varanasi. Sewage treatment capacity increased from 100 MLD in 2017 to 420 MLD today, leading to a drop in BOD ...