New ₹9.3 Crore Study To Check Antibiotic Resistance In Ganga

The project, expected to last two years, will identify sources of Eschericia coli

- Jacob Koshy

The government has commissioned a 9.3 crore study to assess the microbial diversity along the entire length of the Ganga and test if stretches of the 2,500 km long river contain microbes that may promote “antibiotic resistance”.