India’s environmental authorities have raised concerns over dangerously high levels of faecal bacteria in the Ganges river at ...

and of sometimes lethal counts of fecal bacteria, belief in the mythic purity of the Ganges endures—and it complicates long-running efforts to clean up the river. Sudipta Sen, who grew up in ...

"The Ganges is above all the river of India, which has held ... three miles downstream to four huge pools where oxygen-enriched bacteria break it down and pathogens are killed by sunlight and ...

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 ...

Coliform level is a key indicator of the presence of untreated sewage and faecal bacteria ... in the Ganges were 1,400 times more than the acceptable limit, and in the Yamuna river, they were ...

The Ganges river in India is more than 2,500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But ...

The Ganges river abruptly changed course 2,500 years ago following a devastating earthquake, according to a new study that raises concerns about the prevailing risk of megaquakes in South Asia.

India’s Ganges River shifted abruptly due to a distant yet massive earthquake around 2,500 years ago, new geologic evidence suggests. Such changes have been observed in other rivers in recent ...

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India’s environmental authorities have raised concerns over dangerously high levels of faecal bacteria in the Ganges river at Prayagraj, particularly during the Maha Kumbh Mela – a major religious ...