One stretch of the Yamuna River, the Ganges' main tributary, has been devoid of all aquatic creatures for a decade. In Varanasi, India's most sacred city, the coliform bacterial count is at least ...

According to the Wildlife Institute of India, approximately 4,000 Gangetic dolphins currently inhabit the Ganga and its tributaries, with nearly 2,000 residing in Uttar Pradesh alone. In response ...

This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Northern India embraces a sprawling network of waters, from the muddy tributaries of the Indus in the west to the banks ...

As the Ganges is joined by other rivers and tributaries it widens. Here in Patna it’s over four kilometres wide. DUA: That is so big! Like I didn’t expect that. Which one’s the actual river?

In a significant step towards restoring the ecological health of the Ganga and its tributaries, the 61st Executive Committee ...

A total of 3,453km was surveyed in UP, covering the mainstream Ganga and its tributaries, which included Chambal, Yamuna, Rapti, Sharda, Geruwa-Kauriala, Ghaghara, and part of the Gandak River.

is found in the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system and its tributaries across India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan. A small population of the Indus river dolphin, a close relative of the Ganges ...

The Supreme Court has stayed the National Green Tribunal order that imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on the Bihar government for non-compliance of its directives and not properly assisting it in a matter ...