As Ganga floods Haridwar, Crocodiles enter residential areas
Haridwar : People in the Laksar and Khanpur regions of Uttarakhand’s Haridwar district are faced with a new scare – crocodiles have started making their way into residential areas flooded by the swollen Ganga and its tributaries.The forest department has been catching the reptiles that are coming with the floodwaters of the Ganges and its […]
Haridwar littered with 30,000-tonnes garbage as Kanwar Yatra concludes
Haridwar: Authorities were working overtime to clear about 30,000-tonnes garbage piled up in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar after a record 40 million Shiva devotees visited the holy city for the annual Kanwar Yatra to fetch the Ganga waters. Ganga Ghats, markets, parking lots, and roads were littered with garbage over a 42-km Kanwar stretch from Har-ki-Pauri.Authorities said […]