The ghats, or steps leading into a body of water, at Varanasi, India’s holiest city in Uttar Pradesh, are crowded with people, some bathing in the Ganges River, others performing ceremonies on ...

The study reveals that despite the implementation of several schemes for cleaning the Ganga River ... research reveals that the river’s lower stretch is the most polluted, with glaring evidence ...

India has overtaken Japan as home to the most billionaires ... On this stretch of the river, families that used to make a living by fishing the Ganges barely get by now. They are counted among ...

500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. 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 ...

The result has been the gradual killing of one of India's most treasured resources. One stretch ... takes a dip in the river every morning. "If you tell them 'the Ganga is polluted,' they say ...

ILLUSTRATION BY JOE MCKENDRY Most ... river cannot be polluted; it can go on forever.” The Ganges reinforces that story line during the summer monsoon, when it is said to be “in swell.” At ...

So what is it most commonly used for? NARRATOR: The team are in Patna, north-east India. Before starting their investigation they want to find out more about the river, known locally as The Ganga.

At one stretch ... of sewage that flow daily into the river from main towns and cities is treated. POLLUTION-FREE PRAYERS The sorry state of the Ganges is most keenly felt in Varanasi, the ...

New Delhi: Faecal coliform levels met the bathing quality criteria in the entire stretch of Ganga in Uttarakhand and Jharkhand and certain stretches of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, the ...

Pollution further exacerbates ... was inaugurated on March 4, 2024, in Patna, Bihar. Located on the Patna University campus, near the Ganges River, the center spans 4,400 square meters and aims ...