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High levels of faecal bacteria found in river Ganges as millions take Kumbh dip
A recent report by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), a statutory organisation under India’s Ministry ... report which analysed Ganges water said: “The river water quality was not ...
No faecal bacteria in Kumbh Mela river waters, says minister
Before the Mela began, India's top environment court had directed the pollution ... levels in the Ganges were 1,400 times ...
World record for volunteer river clean-up smashed
The world record for a volunteer river clean-up has been smashed by 998 with 1,327 people taking part. The previous record ...
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‘You need a bath after the bath’: World’s largest religious gathering wraps up after 600 million devotees take holy dip
A report from the Central Pollution and Control Board (CPCB ... Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made cleaning the Ganges, India’s holiest river, a priority since first taking office ...
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Officials, experts of Bangladesh, India to sit tomorrow over Ganges water talks
After an intensive on-the-spot survey for two days of the current status of the flow in the Ganges river at Farakka in West Bengal, technical experts and senior officials of Bangladesh and India ...
First-ever survey finds over 6,300 river dolphins in country; highest in UP
The first population estimation of riverine dolphins in India has revealed the presence of 6,327 dolphins in the Ganga, Brahmaputra and Indus river systems, according to a government report published ...