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 ...

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

"Polluted river water is the biggest cause of ... against the advice of his colleagues at the Central Pollution Control Board, took a brief dip in the Ganges. ("I was not affected at all," he ...

Forty percent of India gets its water from the Ganges ... a sacred pilgrimage to the river. Tests showed that biochemical oxygen demand (a measure of organic pollution) was double the acceptable ...

The Ganges Water Sharing Treaty, signed in 1996 between India and Bangladesh, is a 30-year agreement that outlines water sharing during the dry season (January–May) at Farakka. Responding to a ...

Hundreds of millions of Hindu devotees have bathed in sacred waters, despite concerns over overcrowding and water pollution .

"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 ...