The headwaters of the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna river basin span the Himalayas from the Gangotri glacier in the west to the tributaries of Yarlung Tsangpo/Siang, Lohit, Dibang and Subansiri in the east. This mega basin combining the three rivers is home to over one billion people living in the nation-states of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and China.
Hydropower from Tibet to the Mekong
Hydropower from Indus to Mekong
This project explores the hydropower milieu shaping the river systems of the Tibetan Plateau to the Mekong.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Industrial effluent from tanneries flowing into the river Ganga (videos 1 and 2) and the "treated" and untreated effluent flowing to agricultural fields (video 3)
More than 50 million gallons of this untreated effluent reaches the river and agricultural fields every day
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