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 ...
Hundreds of millions of Hindu devotees have bathed in sacred waters, despite concerns over overcrowding and water pollution ... made cleaning the Ganges, India’s holiest river, a priority ...
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 world record for a volunteer river clean-up has been smashed by 998 with 1,327 people taking part. The previous record ...
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 ...