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

Kashi or Varanasi, the Moksha Nagri, is where souls attain liberation. Here, Maa Ganga carries not just purity, but the final ...

Natural and human factors are driving these changes. Climate change disrupts rainfall and dries soils, while earthquakes and ...

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

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.

I live in India and have traveled all over, but Varanasi is my favorite city. I love its street food, history, river, and ...

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.

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 ...

Ganges Township's small, stand-alone building has capacity for 50 people. Residents listened through windows and doors on Wednesday to make sure their voices were heard.

Bathing in the Ganges is thought to cleanse and purify the believers of sin. The fact that people also do their laundry in the river and factories divert their wastewater into it doesn't deter them.

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 ...