Covid-19: India's holiest river is swollen with bodies - BBC
India's holiest river, the Ganges, has been swollen with bodies in recent days. Hundreds of corpses have been found floating in the river or buried in the sand of its banks. Those who live close...
Prayagraj prepares for Maha Kumbh Mela | AP News - Associated Press News
When the time comes for Prayagraj, in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, millions flock to the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers during a festival called the Maha Kumbh Mela.
Record-high waters force thousands to flee in New Delhi, India - NBC News
2023年7月14日 · Rising floodwaters have forced thousands of New Delhi residents to flee their homes as torrential monsoon rains have caused rivers in and near the Indian capital to overflow. At least 91 people had...
Inside India’s Gargantuan Mission to Clean the Ganges River
2023年11月30日 · The Ganges river is one of the world’s most sacred waterways—and one of its most polluted. To restore it, India is undertaking one of the biggest engineering programs in the history of sanitation.
Alert sounded as Ganga in Haridwar crosses warning mark
The water in the Ganga in Haridwar rose above the warning level of 293 metres on Sunday after a sluice gate of the Bhimgoda barrage near Hari Ki Pauri was damaged.
India Conducts First-ever Ganges River Dolphin Tagging in Assam
2024年12月18日 · The Ganges River Dolphin, India’s National Aquatic Animal, is unique in its ecology, being nearly blind and relying on echolocation for its biological needs. Approximately 90% of the species' population resides in India, historically distributed across the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna and Karnaphuli river systems.
India's dying mother - BBC News
2016年5月12日 · From the icy Himalayan peaks, where it begins, right down to the Bay of Bengal, it is being slowly poisoned. The Ganges is revered in India but it is also the sewer that carries away the waste...
Restoring India’s holiest river - UNEP
2023年3月24日 · For nine years, cities along the Ganga have worked to stanch the flow of pollution into the river while reviving landscapes along the waterway and its tributaries. The scope and early successes of the initiative, called Namami Ganga, have led to its selection as a World Restoration Flagship.
Why the first-ever satellite tagging of a Ganges dolphin is significant
6 天之前 · The first ever Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) was tagged in Assam on Thursday (December 18), in what is being deemed as a historic milestone for Project Dolphin, the movement aimed towards conserving India’s National Aquatic Animal. Happy to share the news of the first-ever tagging of ...
India’s effort to clean up sacred but polluted Ganga River
2020年2月11日 · Experts link pollution in the Ganga and other rivers to India's high rate of waterborne illnesses, which kill an estimated 1.5 million children each year. Researchers have also discovered the...