Drying of the Ganga river basin seen in recent decades could be severe and unprecedented, threatening water and food security for millions, an analysis of trends spanning 1,300 years suggests.

The Ganga River Basin is home to more than 600 million Indians. As India's holiest river, the Ganga has a cultural and spiritual significance that far transcends the boundaries of its basin. Despite ...

Arth Ganga is a sustainable economic model conceptualized under Namami Gange Programme to integrate people in the basin with Ganga Rejuvenation. Namami Gange is an integrated river rejuvenation ...

The Ganga is India's most important river. The sprawling basin covers more than 860,000 square kilometres in India alone and is home to around 600 million Indians, close to half the national ...

The Indian government’s efforts to clean the Ganga River, considered holy by millions of Hindus, could require greater efforts. New research reveals that the river’s lower stretch is the most polluted ...

NEW DELHI: In the seemingly first such move, the Centre has started the process to assess the economic value of the Ganga basin to different sectors like agricultural, domestic, industrial, hydropower ...

New Delhi: The director general of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), G. Asok Kumar, on Monday said that the Namami Gange initiative, aimed at restoring the Ganges river, has entailed a ...

Scientists have found that carbon is stored in the soils and sediments of the Ganges-Brahmaputra basin for a surprisingly long time, making it likely that global warming could destabilize the pool of ...

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has launched a new project with IIT Kanpur to improve the health of the river. Declassified Corona imagery along the main stem of the Ganga (Sourced) This ...

NEW DELHI: The Centre is considering using geospatial technology for mapping and monitoring water quality, and waste dumps in the river channel and to generate flood hazard potential zones on the ...