Our National River Ganga

Part I. Introduction to Ganga

1. Introduction to Our National River Ganga via cmaps
Rashmi Sanghi, Nitin Kaushal

2. Ganga – Our Endangered Heritage
Subhajyoti Das

Part II. Rich Biodiversity of Ganga Basin

3. Distribution of Major Floral and Faunal Diversity in the Mountain and Upper Gangetic Plains Zone of the Ganga: Diatoms, Macroinvertebrates and Fish
Prakash Nautiyal, Jyoti Verma, Asheesh Shivam Mishra

4. Indicator Species (Gharial and Dolphin) of Riverine Ecosystem: An Exploratory of River Ganga
Sandeep Kumar Behera, Hari Singh, Viveksheel Sagar

5. Sundarban Mangroves: Impact of Water Management in the Ganga River Basin
Malavika Chauhan, Brij Gopal

Part III. Ganga Water Quality and Flows

6. Nature’s Cure of the Ganga: The Ganga-Jal
Devendra Swaroop Bhargava, Devendra Swaroop Bhargava

7. Water Quality Challenges in Ganga Basin, India
Ramesh Chandra Trivedi, Ramesh Chandra Trivedi

8. Issues and Challenges of River Ganga
B. D. Tripathi, Smriti Tripathi

9. Environmental Flows for River Ganga
Nitin Kaushal

Part IV. Some Vital Challenges Being Faced by Ganga in Changing Times

10. Snow Melt Runoff Status in Part of Ganga Basin
Praveen K. Thakur

11. River Bank Erosion Hazard Study of River Ganga, Upstream of Farakka Barrage Using Remote Sensing and GIS
Praveen K. Thakur

12. The Developments, Policies and Assessments of Hydropower in the Ganga River Basin
Kelly D. Alley

13. 3Ps (Population, Poverty and Pollution) and the Pious Poor Ganga
Niraj Kumar

Part V. Livelihood and Tourism

14. Living Out of Ganga: A Traditional Yet Imperiled Livelihood on Bamboo Post Harvest Processing and Emerging Problems of Ganga

Dipankar Ghorai, Himadri Sekhar Sen

15. E-Flows Related Livelihood in the Ganga River: A Case Study of Tourism
Murali Prasad Panta

Keywords: Environment, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Educational Policy and Politics, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice