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Ganga pollution

  • Leakage from garbage in Indian cities into rivers is becoming a global problem, finds study

    Leakage from garbage in Indian cities into rivers is becoming a global problem, finds study

    Simrin Sirur
    · Jul 29, 2024 · 07:30 pm
  • In the swirling currents of artist Hari Katragadda’s ‘Lost River’, life and death by the Ganga

    In the swirling currents of artist Hari Katragadda’s ‘Lost River’, life and death by the Ganga

    Ranjit Hoskote
    · Jan 11, 2024 · 11:30 am
  • Ganga’s lower stretches are in ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’ health across all seasons, shows a new study

    Ganga’s lower stretches are in ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’ health across all seasons, shows a new study

    Anwesha Ghosh
    · Nov 13, 2021 · 11:30 pm
  • Ganga has become so noisy that river dolphins are struggling to talk to each other

    Ganga has become so noisy that river dolphins are struggling to talk to each other

    Shreya Dasgupta
    · Nov 20, 2019 · 01:30 pm
  • Are the healing powers of the Ganga a matter of blind faith or science?

    Are the healing powers of the Ganga a matter of blind faith or science?

    Sudipta Sen
    · Jan 18, 2019 · 08:30 am
  • GD Agarwal (1932-2018): Ganga has lost its steadfast champion

    GD Agarwal (1932-2018): Ganga has lost its steadfast champion

    Soumya Sarkar
    · Oct 11, 2018 · 09:50 pm
  • Is a belief in the eternal purity of the Ganga aiding its destruction? A writer has some answers

    Is a belief in the eternal purity of the Ganga aiding its destruction? A writer has some answers

    Nicholas Gordon
    · Dec 17, 2017 · 08:30 am
  • NGT bans plastic in Haridwar, Rishikesh and towns along the Ganga till the upper areas of Uttarkashi

    NGT bans plastic in Haridwar, Rishikesh and towns along the Ganga till the upper areas of Uttarkashi

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 15, 2017 · 04:01 pm
  • Uttarakhand HC issues legal notice to river Ganga soon after it is declared a ‘living entity’

    Uttarakhand HC issues legal notice to river Ganga soon after it is declared a ‘living entity’

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 29, 2017 · 05:32 pm
  • This amazing trash can for the sea could be the answer to the Ganga's garbage problem

    This amazing trash can for the sea could be the answer to the Ganga's garbage problem

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 22, 2015 · 12:43 pm