Namami Gange: PM-led body fails to meet even once

Government wants to clean Ganga by March 2019

Gangetic dolphins may soon become extinct as river’s natural flow decreases: WII report

The first report on aquatic biodiversity under Namami Gange puts the blame on construction of large-scale hydropower projects 

Ganga clean-up deadline revised again, but is it achievable?

Union minister Gajendra Shekhawat still has a number of challenges ahead if the target is to be achieved within next two years

Immersion of monk’s body in Ganga attracts criticism

Virakta Maharaj, known as Shobhan Sarkaar among his devotees, often expressed wishes of having his body immersed in the Ganga

Microplastics concentration in Ganga more than any other major world river, finds new study

Varanasi, followed by Kanpur and Haridwar, has most sites of pollution

Ganga warrior GD Agarwal passes away after 111-day fast to save the river

Prophetically, Agarwal had told Down To Earth that he would die before Dussehra

For free flow, Ganga gets a plethora of regulations

Here’s an analysis of the government’s proposed Ganga Bill in comparison to the alternate people’s draft bill presented by activists

Can Namami Gange take off after two years of systemic failure?

In last three decades, the project achieved just one-third of the target due to lack of synergy between multiple authorities

What Mr Narendra Modi needs to do for Ganga

Just planning more sewage treatment plants is not going to clean up the river

Bengal government plans to turn part of Ganga in Kolkata into drain in name of rejuvenation

Activists cry contradiction as hundreds of crores recently approved to clean river  

Ganga needs more than just cleaning

Government reforms must include basin-scale hydrological and ecological conservation efforts

Simply Put: Dissolved Oxygen in Ganga

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 12, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

These saints put their lives at stake for Ganga and more are lined up

A list of activists who gave up food and water to ensure the river is clean

80% of Ganga will be clean by March 2019: Gadkari

The government says it is trying to ensure devotees get a clean river during the upcoming Kumbh Mela in January

Ganga's minimum flow notification too vague to be implemented: Scientists

The Centre’s notification aims to ensure that the river has minimum required environmental flow of water even after it is diverted by …

Simply put: Great Expectations

Prepare working plan on waste discharge into Ganga, Yamuna during Kumbh: Allahabad HC to UP government

Authorities are directed to ensure that the ban on single-use plastic is enforced effectively and plastic waste is not dumped in the Ganga or Yamuna

Ganga and the death of its crusader

Read Down To Earth’s upcoming issue for a detailed analysis of the current state of the Ganga

Live storage at 64% capacity in 123 reservoirs

5 of 36 dams in south India are 100 per cent full and need close monitoring

Erosion by Ganga threatens India’s largest botanical garden in Howrah

Agencies cite fund crunch, seek central assistance   

The Ganga is leaving Patna’s ghats

As an ambitious Ganga renovation plan is underway, and ghats in Patna are being beautified, there is little attention being paid to the fact that …

Cleaning India’s polluted rivers

More than 38,000 million litres of waste water enters the major rivers, water bodies and even percolates into the ground every day

Simply put: Keep Ganga clean amid COVID-19

Ganga cleanup delay may cost states Rs 10 lakh/month: NGT

Green bench order also said the National Mission for Clean Ganga would be held liable to pay 50% of the amount if directions not followed&…