Pollution in lower stretches of the Ganges will have an adverse effect on the biodiversity of Sundarbans — one of the world’s richest mangrove forest ecosystems, scientists tell Namita Singh ...

Montana State University research about pollution in the Ganges River has reached the Supreme Court of India, producing some optimism among MSU scientists.

They did not worry, they said, about pollution from ashes-or about the bodies, of both humans and animals, that were deposited daily into the river. “This water cleans the mouth well,” said ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi committed $3 billion in 2015 to clean up the waterway that provides drinking water for 400 million people.

File image of the Ganges River and its pollution. An 86-year-old man protesting the waste in the water died after a hunger strike. (REUTERS/Reinhard Krause, File) ...

India's sacred Ganges begins as a crystal clear river high in the frozen Himalayas, but severe pollution from human waste and industrial effluent transforms it into toxic sludge on its journey ...

Even though millions have been spent to preserve the sacred River Ganges, the pollution level in the river has reached an alarming level.

Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and interim head of the Department of Sustainability, presented a paper on centralized versus decentralized approaches to cleaning water ...

Pollution and purity Janak Rogers, Varanasi11/21/2013 The Ganges is India's holiest river, considered a source of spiritual purification for devout Hindus. But today the river is among the world's ...

Photographer Giulio Di Sturco has spent the last ten years documenting the impact of pollution and climate change on one of India’s holiest rivers.

This story is part of a special National Geographic News series on global water issues. Even as pollution levels in the Ganges River continue to rise, recent legal rulings may offer up a new ...

The river is considered holy because, according to Hindu mythology, Ganges is the mother goddess of India, and water from the river can be offered in prayers to other deities. Nonetheless, perhaps ...