Ganges

A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a mural on a street, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Mumbai, India, January 10, 2022. Photo: Reuters
South Asia

A million set to throng India's Ganges for holy dip despite Covid-19

Many states have announced night curfews while the capital Delhi has also imposed a weekend lockdown

Members of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) patrol in the Ganges river past burning pyres of bodies that washed up on its banks after monsoon rains swelled it and exposed shallow sand graves dug during the peak of the latest COVID-19 wave in Phaphamau on the outskirts of Prayagraj, India, June 25, 2021. REUTERS/Ritesh Shukla
Coronavirus chronicle

Swelling Ganges opens up India's riverside graves

A man wearing a protective suit touches the body of his relative, who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), before his cremation on the banks of the river Ganges at Garhmukteshwar in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

Bodies of Covid-19 victims among those dumped in India's Ganges - Gov't document

Photo: Microplastics
Environment

Up to 3 billion microplastics flow into Bay of Bengal everyday

Clouds cover the skies over the river Ganges ahead of Cyclone Amphan, in Kolkata, India, May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
World+Biz

Big Oil’s flagship plastic waste project sinks on the Ganges