Uttar Pradesh has outlined a long-term strategy to keep the drain discharge in check, aiming to reduce Ganga’s pollution ...

Sweeping aside thick, lethal scum, thousands of Hindu devotees ignored court warnings last week against bathing in the sacred ...

Footage caught from the banks of a river that many consider to be holy shows people bathing, despite toxic foam taking over ...

Patna is set to complete two more sewage treatment plants (STPs) as part of a larger initiative to improve the city's sewage ...

Over the years, India has adopted environmental legislation that caters to specific issues that affect the country on various levels. Below is a brief outline of major environmental laws in India: The ...

The National Green Tribunal, reviewing a report on the Ganges River's pollution, found even the river's origin contaminated ...

Sweeping aside thick toxic scum, thousands of Hindu devotees ignored court warnings Thursday against bathing in the sacred but sewage-filled Yamuna river, a grim display of environmental degradation ...

The Ganges River is India’s holiest river and worshipped as a goddess in Hinduism. Pilgrims gather for purification rituals, and it supports both agriculture and wildlife. Tap to read more.

Workers for the Delhi Jal or water board put up a cloth curtain to stop the flow of the toxic foams floating in the river Yamuna in New Delhi. Workers for the Delhi Jal or water board spray ...

The pollution poses a severe health threat to residents since ... (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) A person carries sacred Ganges river water in a container as he walks across the bridge over the river Yamuna ...

The pollution poses a severe health threat to residents since the river provides more than half of the Indian capital's water. New Delhi also has some of the world’s most polluted air every year ...