River Ganga

The movement of two-wheeler vehicles was stopped on the Ram Jhula Bridge in Uttarakhand's Rishikesh city after the supportive wire breaks due to a spate of River Ganga due to heavy rainfall in the last few days, officials said on Thursday.

Haridwar Ganga level: The water level was recorded at 293.25 metres at 9:00 pm on Monday against the danger mark of 293 metres in Haridwar.

Four people, including three minors, drowned in the Ganga river while taking a bath in a crowded ghat in Bihar's Katihar district on Monday, an auspicious day for the Hindus in the holy month of Shravan, police said.

Three people were killed and three others were missing after a vehicle hit by a landslide fell into the Ganga River in Tehri Garhwal district on Sunday, officials said.

Incessant rains and landslides in Uttarakhand claimed five lives on Sunday and authorities have sounded a red alert as water level was rising in all major rivers, including the Ganga, amid a forecast of more heavy showers in the next two days.

During the Kanwar Yatra in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, a man is seen in a video carrying their elderly mother over one shoulder and water from the Ganga River on the other.

A part of a bridge connecting two towns over the Ganga river collapsed due to strong flow of water caused by heavy rain in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district today. The bridge collapse has brought the traffic in several nearby villages to a standstill.

The bodies of six of the seven people who were feared drowned while bathing in the river Ganga at two different ghats last evening were recovered on Monday, police said.

Union minister for power and renewable energy RK Singh on Monday hit out at Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar after an under-construction four-lane bridge over the Ganga river collapsed in Bihar's Bhagalpur, for the second time in a year.

A day after the collapse of an under-construction bridge over the Ganga river in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said strict action would be taken against those found guilty in the incident.

Seven persons are feared drowned while bathing in the river Ganga at two different ghats in this Uttar Pradesh district on Sunday.

Farmer leader Naresh Tikait on Tuesday intervened and stopped protesting wrestlers from immersing their medals in the river Ganga and said that there would be a Khap meeting over the issue.

All drains carrying discharge from villages located on the banks of the Ganga river will be geo-tagged to prevent solid waste flowing into the river, according to an official document.

A local in UPon Monday sentenced a woman to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for killing her five children by throwing them in the river Ganga in 2020.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that major Himalayan rivers like the Indus, the Ganges and Brahmaputra could see reductions in their flows as glaciers and ice sheets recede over the coming decades due to global warming.

The movement of two-wheeler vehicles was stopped on the Ram Jhula Bridge in Uttarakhand's Rishikesh city after the supportive wire breaks due to a spate of River Ganga due to heavy rainfall in the last few days, officials said on Thursday.

Haridwar Ganga level: The water level was recorded at 293.25 metres at 9:00 pm on Monday against the danger mark of 293 metres in Haridwar.

Four people, including three minors, drowned in the Ganga river while taking a bath in a crowded ghat in Bihar's Katihar district on Monday, an auspicious day for the Hindus in the holy month of Shravan, police said.

Three people were killed and three others were missing after a vehicle hit by a landslide fell into the Ganga River in Tehri Garhwal district on Sunday, officials said.

Incessant rains and landslides in Uttarakhand claimed five lives on Sunday and authorities have sounded a red alert as water level was rising in all major rivers, including the Ganga, amid a forecast of more heavy showers in the next two days.

During the Kanwar Yatra in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, a man is seen in a video carrying their elderly mother over one shoulder and water from the Ganga River on the other.

A part of a bridge connecting two towns over the Ganga river collapsed due to strong flow of water caused by heavy rain in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district today. The bridge collapse has brought the traffic in several nearby villages to a standstill.

The bodies of six of the seven people who were feared drowned while bathing in the river Ganga at two different ghats last evening were recovered on Monday, police said.

Union minister for power and renewable energy RK Singh on Monday hit out at Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar after an under-construction four-lane bridge over the Ganga river collapsed in Bihar's Bhagalpur, for the second time in a year.

A day after the collapse of an under-construction bridge over the Ganga river in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said strict action would be taken against those found guilty in the incident.

Seven persons are feared drowned while bathing in the river Ganga at two different ghats in this Uttar Pradesh district on Sunday.

Farmer leader Naresh Tikait on Tuesday intervened and stopped protesting wrestlers from immersing their medals in the river Ganga and said that there would be a Khap meeting over the issue.

All drains carrying discharge from villages located on the banks of the Ganga river will be geo-tagged to prevent solid waste flowing into the river, according to an official document.

A local in UPon Monday sentenced a woman to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for killing her five children by throwing them in the river Ganga in 2020.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that major Himalayan rivers like the Indus, the Ganges and Brahmaputra could see reductions in their flows as glaciers and ice sheets recede over the coming decades due to global warming.