2. The Ganges is the longest river in India, stretching over 2,525 kilometres (1,569 miles) from its source in the Himalayas to its delta in the Bay of Bengal ...

The water quality of the Ganga river in Bihar is unfit for bathing due to high bacteriological contamination from untreated sewage. The Bihar State Pollution Control Board is monitoring the situation ...

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackerayraked up the 'pollution in the Ganga' row on Sunday after he said he declined to drink water from the river due to medical safety concerns.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath attributed the pollution in the Ganga river to the British era. While addressing the Legislative Council, he mentioned that despite the pollution, the river remains ...

Dr. Ajay Sonkar's study reveals that the Ganga river remains germ-free despite massive footfalls during Mahakumbh. This is attributed to 1,100 types of bacteriophages in its water that eliminate ...

the Government of India designated it as the national aquatic animal in October 2009 during the inaugural meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA), chaired by then-Prime ...

MNS chief Raj Thackeray raised concerns over the cleanliness of the Ganga river, questioning the water quality during the Maha Kumbh. Despite its sacred status, recent CPCB reports showed ...

Ajay Sonkar has revealed that these bacteriophages naturally cleanse the water, making Ganga the only freshwater river in the world with such remarkable self-purification properties. Why Ganga is ...

Thackeray added. The MNS chief claimed that not just Ganga, but none of the rivers in the country were clean. “Faith should also have some meaning. Not a single river in the country is clean but ...

905.62 crore. These initiatives focus on restoring the natural balance of the river basin through afforestation, increasing biodiversity, and maintaining a healthy ecosystem that supports the local ...

Over the last decade or so, there has been an explosion of Indian English novels involving the Mahabharata. But in almost all, Ganga, the river-goddess, seldom rises beyond a quickly forgotten ...