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 ...

"I didn't even know what the word 'pollution' meant ... putt-putting down the Ganges in Varanasi, where the river takes a turn north before flowing into the Bay of Bengal. Called Benares by ...

The Ganges, one of India's largest ... includes a sacred pilgrimage to the river. Tests showed that biochemical oxygen demand (a measure of organic pollution) was double the acceptable level ...

The world record for a volunteer river clean-up has been smashed by 998 with 1,327 people taking part. The previous record stood at 329 people and was set on the River Ganges, in India ...

"Alarming" levels of microplastic have been found in major rivers across Europe according to scientists in 14 studies ...

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 ...