The Indian government’s efforts to clean the Ganga River, considered holy by millions of Hindus, could require greater efforts. New research reveals that the river’s lower stretch is the most polluted ...
In the mornings in Varanasi, the air on the banks of the Ganges fills with the scent of burning bodies. On the steps of the Manikarnika ghat—the holiest of the city’s stepped riverbanks, upon which ...
A man brushes his teeth while standing in the polluted water of the Ganga River in Kolkata, in this photograph from May 2017. | Reuters Janki Devi, a 26-year-old woman who survives on the daily wages ...