In addition to interventions along the main Ganga river, the programme has expanded its scope to address pollution in tributaries within the basin.

The Supreme Court has asked the Centre for a detailed report on illegal constructions along the Ganga, urging prompt measures to clear encroachments. Justices Pardiwala and Viswanathan highlight the ...

The Supreme Court of India has directed the Centre and several states to submit a comprehensive report on illegal ...

Bokaro: Chas has been selected among 60 cities countrywide for an Urban River Management Plan (URMP) under the Centre’s Ganga River Basin Initiative, .

The Ganga River, which sustains the lives of at least 600 million people, is facing its worst dry spell and lowest streamflow in 1,300 years, according to a recent study, reports Mongabay India’s ...

Supreme Court requests a status report on Ganga bank encroachments and floodplain demarcation from the Centre and National Mission for Ganga Authority.

Dehradun: Over 3,000 gharials — the long-snouted reptiles once nearing extinction — have been recorded across the Ganga river basin in a new central survey that, for the first time, mapped their ...

Gulls land on the Ganges River in Varanasi, India, in 2015. (Debal Sen) Sudipta Sen visited Himalayan pilgrim towns along the Ganges River with his family as a 4-year-old, and ingested small teaspoons ...

The study reveals that despite the implementation of several schemes for cleaning the Ganga River, its lower reaches remain the most polluted. The Indian government’s efforts to clean the Ganga River, ...