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Around 80 pc of sewage in Indian cities flows into water systems [1]

Is urban India drowning in its own excreta? Nearly 80 per cent of the sewage generated in India flows untreated into its rivers, lakes and ponds, turning the water sources too polluted to use.

Publication Date: 
05/03/2013
Economic Times (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
India [3], CSE [4], Sewage [5], Rivers [6], River Pollution [7], Water Pollution [8], Lakes [9], Lake Pollution [10], Groundwater [11], Groundwater Pollution [12], Pune (T) [13], Delhi [14], Mumbai [15], Chennai (T) [16], Surat (T) [17], Gurgaon (T) [18], Anil Agarwal [19], Sunita Narain [20], Urbanisation [21], Irrigation [22], Sewage Pollution [23]

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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rivers
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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lakes
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lake-pollution
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-pollution
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pune-t
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/delhi
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mumbai
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chennai-t
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/surat-t
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gurgaon-t
[19] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/anil-agarwal
[20] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sunita-narain
[21] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urbanisation
[22] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation
[23] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sewage-pollution