Uttarakhand state's High Court ruling means that if anyone harms or pollutes either river, the law would view it as no different from harming a person.
Read it in full at The National: http://www.thenational.ae/world/south-asia/indias-ganges-and-yamuna-rivers-given-same-legal-rights-as-humans
Read it in full at The National: http://www.thenational.ae/world/south-asia/indias-ganges-and-yamuna-rivers-given-same-legal-rights-as-humans
