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High-resolution gridded streamflow data for Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna River Basins

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High-resolution gridded streamflow data for Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna River Basins

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A 9-km daily gridded streamflow dataset is generated using the Variable Infiltration Capacity-River Routing Model (VIC-RRM) across the ...

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Worsening water quality in Ganga’s lower stretches and what it means for us

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Worsening water quality in Ganga’s lower stretches and what it means for us

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[Commentary] Worsening water quality in Ganga’s lower stretches and what it means for us by Anwesha Ghosh on 9 November 2021 Rapid urbanisation shows ...

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New waste water treatment technology brings hope for India’s polluted rivers

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New waste water treatment technology brings hope for India’s polluted rivers

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The technology called ‘advanced oxidation’ or ‘TADOX’ that uses UV-Photocatalysis is likely to be a game changer for India’s effort to keep its major rivers ...

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The City of Patna Getting One Step Closer to Ensuring 100% Sewage Collection and Treatment

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The City of Patna Getting One Step Closer to Ensuring 100% Sewage Collection and Treatment

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VA Tech WABAG continues its affirmation to make the holy river Ganga Aviral and Nirmal by securing the largest order under the Namami Gange programme. Gandhi ...

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Ensuring a Drought Free Future for Marginalised Communities

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Ensuring a Drought Free Future for Marginalised Communities

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WABAG to ensure water security for the fanners of West Bengal. India through USHAR MUKTI Project in partnership with Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundation ...

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Ganga River Water Still Unfit For Drinking and Bathing, Only Seven Areas Remain Safe

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Ganga River Water Still Unfit For Drinking and Bathing, Only Seven Areas Remain Safe

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The Ganga River water is absolutely unfit for "direct drinking" and only seven spots from where it passes can be consumed after disinfection, the Central ...

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Urgent News: Bacteria Found in Excreta Far Beyond Permissible Limit in Ganga

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Urgent News: Bacteria Found in Excreta Far Beyond Permissible Limit in Ganga

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Ganga river's faecal coliform level is found 3 to 12 times higher than the permissible level at most inter-state boundaries, according to the data released by ...

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