The Ganga today is more polluted than when than when the Ganga Action Plan was first initiated by the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1986. It's a shocking tale of official apathy and corruption and the failure of India's most ambitious river cleaning programme. On World Water Day, CNN-IBN investigates just why the Ganga ranks in the top five most polluted rivers of the world.
A team of scientists from WWF find out how the great meltdown will affect the country's water resources.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/the-gangotri-glacier-is-shrinking/26587-3.html
The Gangetic dolphin is today as endangered as the tiger. If the dolphin is to be saved it's the Ganga, which must be protected.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/dolphins-die-as-the-ganga-chokes/26516-3.html
The Ganga waits for deliverance at Varanasi as sewage is dumped into it and the holy river is choking to death.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/no-moksha-for-ganga-in-varanasi/26459-3.html
India's most ambitious river cleaning project, Ganga Action Plan is a colossal failure and 13 yrs behind schedule.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/ganga-action-plan-is-full-of-gaps/26358-3.html
The multi-crore Ganga Action Plan has failed and toxic effluents of industries are spreading fatal diseases.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/kanpurs-ganga-is-an-unholy-mess/26303-3.html
Citizen Journalist Shweta Bachchan Nanda finds out what is being done to save river dolphins in the Ganga.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/bachchan-girl-out-to-save-dolphins/26243-3.html
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