Environmental experts have long warned that religious waste, flowers wrapped in plastic, synthetic cloth, and packaging ...

India's holy Ganges begins as a crystal clear river high in the icy Himalayas but pollution and excessive usage transforms it into toxic sludge in places on its journey through burgeoning cities, ...

Before the festival began, India’s top environmental court directed the state and federal pollution boards to ensure the river water was clean enough to drink and bathe in. It called for increasing ...

The Ganges, the lifeline of India The river Ganga, one of the most important in India, supports millions of people along its banks and forms one of the largest ...