The teams of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Forest Department are counting dolphins with the help of GPS in Garh Ganga at Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh. The team so far counted four dolphins in the Garh Ganga of Garhmukteshwar area.
A hut near the banks of the Ganga River in the Naugachhia village of Bhagalpur got washed away on Friday due to soil erosion followed by heavy rainfall in the district.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday conducted an aerial survey of flood-affected areas in the state and also reviewed the increasing water level of the Ganga river in Rishikesh district.
In a heart-wrenching incident, a Rapid Action Force (RAF) jawan along with three children drowned in Ganga river UP's Prayagraj on Wednesday morning, while all were taking bath in the river, said police.
Days after an under-construction bridge over the Ganga river collapsed like a house of cards in Bihar's Bhagalpur, the Deputy Development Commissioner of the district Kumar Anurag on Tuesday said that no casualties have been reported due to the incident.
On Sunday, an under-construction Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge in Bhagalpur collapsed and the moment when the bridge collapsed in the Ganga River was caught on video by locals.
The under-construction Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge in Bhagalpur collapsed on Sunday. The moment when the bridge collapsed in the Ganga River was also caught on video by locals.
According to the statement, the purpose of the RCA Global Seminar was to provide a platform for officials of member cities and international stakeholders to discuss and learn good practices for managing urban rivers.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed his grief over the loss of lives due to drowning in the Ganga river in Mekra of Mokama police station area of Patna.