The government maintains its efforts to clean up the river are on course. Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari said in December that the Ganges will be 70-80 percent clean within three months ...

The world record for a volunteer river clean-up has been smashed by 998 with 1,327 people taking part. The previous record stood at 329 people and was set on the River Ganges, in India, in February.

The world record for a volunteer river clean-up has been smashed by 998 with 1,327 people taking part. The previous record stood at 329 people and was set on the River Ganges, in India, in February.