Peak water flows in parts of India's largest river basin have been falling by more than one-sixth every decade, according to ...

Over 660 million pilgrims gathered at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India, this past February, and I'm now seeing the ...

To find out how destructive negligence and indifference are, it is enough to move between Hawaii and California and see the Great Pacific Garbage Patch! From wreckages of containers to children's toys ...

Boats are a way of life on the Ganges River in Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital. A major earthquake rerouted the Ganges 2,500 years ago in what's now Bangladesh, a new study found.

Bangladesh is known as the land of rivers and flooding, despite almost all of its water originating outside the territory.

The Ganges river is one of the world’s most sacred waterways—and one of its most polluted. To restore it, India is undertaking one of the biggest engineering programs in the history of sanitation.

India’s environmental authorities have raised concerns over dangerously high levels of faecal bacteria in the Ganges river at Prayagraj, particularly during the Maha Kumbh Mela – a major ...

The Ganges river faces a lot of serious challenges, mainly because of the fast growth of cities, agriculture and industries in recent decades. Too much water is being removed for farming and other ...

A blue stream spews from beneath brick factory buildings in Kanpur, India. The dark ribbon curls down a dirt embankment and flows into the Ganges River. "That's toxic runoff," says Rakesh Jaiswal ...

The Ganges river faces a lot of serious challenges, mainly because of the fast growth of cities, agriculture and industries in recent decades. Too much water is being removed for farming and other ...