Sacred water: Hindu devotees bathing in the Ganges river near Sangam in Allahabad. Ganges and Yamuna have been recognised as a ‘legal person’ in a landmark court ruling. — AFP
DEHRADUN: Two of India’s holiest, but most polluted rivers have been recognised as a “legal person” in a landmark court ruling that could see the sacred waterways restored to health.
The decision to bestow legal standing to the Ganges and the Yamuna, one of its major tributaries, comes just days after New Zealand awarded similar rights to its own spiritual river in a move described as a world first.
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