If anybody needed a reminder of how crippling bureaucracy can be, consider the campaign to clean up the sacred Yamuna River in Delhi. The river oozes through town like a putrid ribbon of black sludge. Its level of fecal bacteria is 10,000 times higher than what's deemed safe for bathing.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/putrid-rivers-sludge
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jason-overdorf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/newsweek-new-york
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/river-pollution
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/yamuna
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sewage-treatment-plants-stp
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cholera
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cse
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/teri
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/delhi