Reuters

The race to save the river Ganges

Worshipped by a billion Hindus and a water source for 400 million, the government is battling to save “Mother Ganga”. A man brushes his teeth as he stands in the polluted water of Ganges river in ...
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The Ganges River is drying faster than ever – here’s what it means for the region and the world

The Ganges, a lifeline for hundreds of millions across South Asia, is drying at a rate scientists say is unprecedented in recorded history. Climate change, shifting monsoons, relentless extraction and ...
World Bank

Working together to save the Ganges River Dolphin

Endangered Icon: The endangered Ganges River Dolphin is more than just a beautiful creature; it's a barometer of river systems' health. United Initiative: To conserve the Ganges dolphin population, a ...
TreeHugger

Why Ganges River Dolphins Are Endangered

The endangered Ganges river dolphin is one of two distinct dolphins living in the rivers of South Asia. The species was first listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature ...
NPR

Will Giving The Ganges Human Rights Protect The Polluted River?

Small cradles of chrysanthemums, illuminated by a single candle, flicker in the moonlight, bobbing along the fast-flowing Ganges River. They are offerings. For hundreds of millions of Hindus around ...
CNN

Striking photos show a decade of environmental decline along the Ganges

There’s a dreamlike quality to Giulio Di Sturco’s photograph of Hindus preparing to bathe in the Ganges. Taken in soft morning light, the image shows devotees assembled by the river, their figures ...
CNN

A fresh roadside pit revealed a dramatic shift in the Ganges. Scientists say they’ve traced the cause

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The Economist

The world’s most sacred river—the Ganges—is also one of its dirtiest

ROUND AND round the baggage carousel at London’s Heathrow airport goes a battered cardboard box waiting to be claimed by its owner, a passenger from Delhi: “PLEASE KEEP THIS SIDE UP! GANGA JAL—HOLLY ...
Architectural Record

Ganges Water Machine: Designing New India's Ancient River

Anthony Acciavatti's book Ganges Water Machine: Designing New India's Ancient River is an insanely ambitious piece of field research. Starting in 2005, the New York'based architect and author began ...
The Conversation

Ganges: sewers could be making water quality of India’s great river worse

David Milledge receives funding from the NERC and the UK-India education research initiative. Joshua Bunce receives funding from the EPSRC and Northumbrian Water Group. The Ganges is a lifeline for ...
Reuters

The race to save the river Ganges

India's holy Ganges begins as a crystal clear river high in the icy Himalayas but pollution and excessive usage transforms it into toxic sludge in places on its journey through burgeoning cities, ...