In the summer of 2022, around 1,000 tons of fish, mussels and snails died in the River Oder. Although the disaster was manmade, the immediate cause of death was the toxin of a microalgae with the ...

Uttarakhand, a state frequently termed the 'Land of Gods' for its heavenly Himalayan mountains and hallowed rivers such as the Ganga, Yamuna, Bhagirathi, Alaknanda, and Rishiganga, is progressively ...