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Toxic river water kills 100 nilgais in Agra [1]

AGRA: Around 100 nilgais have died in Saurai, Agra district, after allegedly drinking the highly contaminated water of the Karvan river.

Panic-stricken villagers, who said the water has turned poisonous due to effluents being discharged by factories in Hathras and Aligarh, added that their heath and crops, too, have been severely affected. One of them said animals have died in the past as well and that "farmers suffer burns to their feet while irrigating the fields because of the toxic water".

Publication Date: 
18/02/2014
Ishita Mishra [2]
Times Of India (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh [4], Agra (D) [5], River Pollution [6], Industrial Waste [7], Toxic Wastes [8], Heavy Metals [9], Health Effects [10], Water Pollution [11]
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