In 1970, India built a huge dam called the Farakka Barrage to protect the port of Calcutta from silt flowing in the Ganges River. But the dam has had widespread and devastating effects for people ...

Environmentalists say that Ganga's flow is being restricted and its rejuvenation is under threat due to over 900 dams, barrages and weirs built on the river. "Government is concentrating on ...

Uninterrupted flow of water in any river is important to keep it clean through its natural ecological functions and processes. Besides 784 dams, 66 barrages and 92 weirs, the river basin also has ...

In 1970, India built a huge dam called the Farakka Barrage to protect the port of Calcutta from silt flowing in the Ganges River. But the dam has had widespread and devastating effects for people ...

The construction of dams on river Ganga should be stopped. That's the message from environmentalists and even the Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh. Singh joined activists protesting the ...

The Ganges river in India is more than 2,500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But ...

Dams & barrages pose a challenge. Story by Dipak Mishra • 4mo. New Delhi: Despite an uptick in their sightings of late in Bihar, Ganges River Dolphins (Platanista gangetica) are still battling ...

China is building a new dam in Tibet on a tributary of the Ganga, close to the tri-junction of its borders with India and Nepal, that could be used to control the flow of water downstream, new ...

In India, the river is known as the Siang in the state of Arunachal Pradesh and the Brahmaputra in neighboring Assam state. The river then flows into Bangladesh, where it is joined by the Ganga.

In 1970, India built a huge dam called the Farakka Barrage to protect the port of Calcutta from silt flowing in the Ganges River. But the dam has had widespread and devastating effects for people ...

The Ganges river in India is more than 2,500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But ...