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More Than Half of India’s Rivers Too Polluted to Drink [1]

Raw sewage and industrial waste rendered water in more than half of India’s 445 rivers unfit for drinking, according to the Central Pollution Control Board.

Publication Date: 
20/08/2013
Bloomberg [2]
Tags:
India [3], Water Pollution [4], River Pollution [5], Sewage [6], Industrial Waste [7], Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) [8], Drinking Water [9], Water Quality [10], Lake Pollution [11], Water Resources [12]

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