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Sewage responsible for 70% of river pollution [1]

A government survey reveals that the sewage from cities, villages and towns is polluting the state’s rivers in a much bigger way than industrial wastes.

Publication Date: 
19/02/2014
Chittaranjan Tembhekar [2]
Times Of India (Mumbai) [3]
Tags:
Maharashtra [4], Sewage Pollution [5], River Pollution [6], Industrial Waste [7], Diarrhoea [8], Health Effects [9], Water Pollution [10]
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