The Ganga is leaving Patna’s ghats
As an ambitious Ganga renovation plan is underway, and ghats in Patna are being beautified, there is little attention being paid to the fact that …
Pollution in Ganga harming riverbed sediments too, says study
Human waste and toxic effluents cause deficit of dissolved oxygen in the river’s most polluted stretches
For free flow, Ganga gets a plethora of regulations
Here’s an analysis of the government’s proposed Ganga Bill in comparison to the alternate people’s draft bill presented by activists
Namami Gange: 5 reasons why Ganga will not be clean by 2020
Even after 4 years and an allotment of Rs 22,000 crore, Modi’s flagship programme is far from being a success
Ganga and the death of its crusader
Read Down To Earth’s upcoming issue for a detailed analysis of the current state of the Ganga
Water storage in major Indian river basins depleting
More than 60 per cent of the basins contain much less water than average storage over the last decade, CWC data shows
Ganga clean-up deadline revised again, but is it achievable?
Union minister Gajendra Shekhawat still has a number of challenges ahead if the target is to be achieved within next two years
‘Clean Ganga and Yamuna mission a failure’
Parliamentary panel says that not involving people living on the banks of the river is the reason for it