Gujarat rivers remain highly polluted despite norms
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Effluents continue to be dumped in Sabarmati and Mahisagar
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A boy watches polluted industrial water being thrown in to Sabarmati river outskirts of Ahmedabad. File
| Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji
Effluents continue to be dumped in Sabarmati and Mahisagar The unchecked flow of untreated industrial effluent into rivers in Gujarat has led to increasing pollution in the Sabarmati, Mahisagar, Narmada, Vishwamitri and Bhadar. According to data from the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), the Sabarmati is among the most polluted rivers in the country.
Gujarat ranks fourth among the top five States with highly polluted rivers, with as many as 20 rivers in the critically polluted category.
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