Singh, B. “Ganga changes colour, turns black.” The Times of India. 24 December 2010. Ganga changes colour, turns black By Binay Singh December 24, 2010 VARANASI: The Ganga is turning blackish in Varanasi and reporting high concentration of carbon particles. The coloured effluents coming out of the paper mills in…
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Singh, A. “Friendly bacteria can fight Ganga pollution.” Hindustan Times. 5 June 2010. Friendly bacteria can fight Ganga pollution By Anuraag Singh Varanasi, June 5, 2010 The power of friendly bacteria present in effluents flowing into the national river Ganga can be harnessed to combat the very same pollutants. That…
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Seth, B.L. “Kolkata reconnects with its riverfront.” Down to Earth. 15 October 2007. Kolkata reconnects with its riverfront By Bharat Lal Seth October 15, 2007 An ambitious riverfront development project has been drawing many visitors in Kolkata. The Millennium Park runs along Strand Road, for a kilometre on the eastern…
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“River pollution affects millions.” Clean Ganga Campaign. February 2003 Ganga organizer Roger Choate from Sweden recently addressed a CleanGanga seminar for students and faculty at IIT Kharagpur- India’s premiere IT institute. Here’s a summary of his thoughts. Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen In my home country of Sweden we don’t…
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Poddar, J. “Deep sewage lines threathen drinking water supply.” Vrindavan Today. 6 June 2011. Deep sewage lines threaten drinking water supply By Jagannath Poddar June 6, 2011 A delegation of the Braj-Vrindavan Heritage Alliance led by Shri Madan Bihari Dasji met the District Magistrate of Mathura, Shri N.G. Ravikumar, to…
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Parashar, U. “Ganga pollution reaches alarming levels.” Hindustan Times. 5 June 2007. Ganga pollution reaches alarming levels By Uptal Parashar June 5, 2007 Ganga, the most sacred of rivers for Hindus, has become polluted for some years now. But a recent study by Uttarakhand Environment Conservation and Pollution Control Board…
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Helmer, Richard., Hespanhol, Ivanildo. “Water Pollution Control.” United Nations Environment Programme. The Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council and the World Health Organization. 1997. Case Study I* – The Ganga, India Edited by Richard Helmer and Ivanildo Hespanhol Published on behalf of the United Nations Environment Programme, the Water Supply…
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Hamner, S. et. al. “Isolation of Potentially Pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7 from the Ganges River.” Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2007. pp. 2369-2372. Click here to read this report. Genre: Varanasi Articles, Wastewater Issues ArticlesSubjects: Varanasi, Wastewater Issues
GROUNDWATER ARSENIC CONTAMINATION IN GANGA-MEGHNA-BRAHMAPUTRA (GMB) PLAIN (1976-2008) Reported work done by SOES Before the onset of twenty first century, twenty groundwater arsenic contamination incidents from different parts of the world were known and out of these five major incidents are from Asia. In order of severity of occurrence, this…
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MSU research reaches Supreme Court of India By Evelyn Boswell, MSU News Service May 6, 2008 BOZEMAN — Montana State University research about pollution in the Ganges River has reached the Supreme Court of India, producing some optimism among MSU scientists who study the 1,500-mile river. “It’s nice to know…
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