There are major rivers like Ganga and Yamuna in North India; similarly, there are some major rivers in South India. The major rivers of peninsular India are Krishna, Godavari, Tapti, and Mahanadi.

Here’s what to know. What is the Indus Waters Treaty? It is an agreement between India and Pakistan that specifies how the waters of six rivers and their tributaries, called the Indus waters ...

It awarded use of the three eastern rivers — the Ravi, the Sutlej and the Beas — to India, and of the three western ones — the Indus itself, the Chenab and the Jhelum — to Pakistan downstream.

The Ganges river is one of the world’s most sacred waterways—and one of its most polluted. To restore it, India is undertaking one of the biggest engineering programs in the history of sanitation.