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River pollution
Leakage from garbage in Indian cities into rivers is becoming a global problem, finds study
Simrin Sirur
· Jul 29, 2024 · 07:30 pm
Watch: Thick layer of toxic foam covers the surface Indrayani River in Alandi, Maharashtra
Scroll Staff
· Feb 11, 2024 · 02:47 pm
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
Watch: Delhi water board official bathes in Yamuna river in response to BJP leaders’ challenge
Scroll Staff
· Oct 30, 2022 · 02:16 pm
Watch: Devotees prayed standing knee-deep in a foaming, polluted Yamuna river for Chhath puja
Scroll Staff
· Nov 05, 2019 · 09:27 am
Ganga water not fit for consumption or bathing in most places, says Central Pollution Control Board
Scroll Staff
· May 30, 2019 · 02:07 pm
[Video] From UP to Delhi, the toxic Hindon river is making people sick
Hridayesh Joshi
· Apr 14, 2019 · 01:30 pm
Eco India: Meet the unsung heroes who help in cleaning the Yamuna everyday
Scroll Staff
· Jan 20, 2019 · 08:55 am
Eco India, Episode 13: Can a silent brigade of informal waste pickers clean up the Yamuna?
Scroll Staff
· Jan 19, 2019 · 07:55 pm
Are the healing powers of the Ganga a matter of blind faith or science?
Sudipta Sen
· Jan 18, 2019 · 08:30 am
Modi’s clean Ganga plan hinges on private companies tackling sewage. Will it work?
M Rajshekhar
· Jan 15, 2019 · 09:00 am
Eco India, Episode 8: How Dharavi's Kolis carved out fishing pools in Mumbai's dirtiest river
Scroll Staff
· Dec 18, 2018 · 01:47 pm
GD Agarwal (1932-2018): Ganga has lost its steadfast champion
Soumya Sarkar
· Oct 11, 2018 · 09:50 pm
As the mission for cleaning the Ganga stutters, people living along the river bear the brunt
Akshata Mishra
· Jul 15, 2018 · 08:30 pm
Assam: Students form human chain on banks of Brahmaputra in protest as river gets polluted
Scroll Staff
· Dec 12, 2017 · 11:09 am
Why are shoals of fish rising to the surface of the Jhelum in Srinagar?
Rayan Naqash
· Oct 24, 2017 · 06:30 am
Readers’ comments: I don’t want to be disturbed either by azaan or aarti
Scroll
· Apr 21, 2017 · 10:30 pm
The Ganga has practically disappeared in West Bengal
Jayanta Basu
· Sep 20, 2016 · 08:30 pm
The dolphin, the fisherman and the holy river Ganga
Arati Kumar-Rao
· Aug 31, 2016 · 10:30 pm
India's holiest river is only getting dirtier – and our colonial legacy may be partly to blame
Beth Walker
· Aug 25, 2016 · 11:30 pm
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