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In Pictures: Hindus bathe in frothy, polluted Indian river
One of India’s most sacred rivers appears to be coated with a thick layer of snow. Except it is not.
A vast stretch of the Yamuna river is covered with white toxic foam, caused in part by pollutants discharged from industries ringing New Delhi.
Still, on Wednesday, hundreds of Hindu devotees stood knee-deep in its frothy, noxious waters, sometimes even immersing themselves for a customary dip to mark the festival of Chhath Puja.
The 1,376-km (855-mile) Yamuna is one of the holiest rivers for Hindus. It is also among the most polluted in the world.
The river provides more than half of New Delhi’s water, posing a serious health threat to its residents. It has become dirtier over the years as most of the capital’s sewage, farm pesticides from neighbouring states and industrial effluents from factory towns flow into the waterway despite laws against polluting.
In a city that already has the world’s most contaminated air, a dangerously unhealthy river is a concern for many. Yet, devotees flock to it every year during the festival, which is dedicated to the solar deity and is observed with ritual bathing.
Rajesh Kumar Verma was among those who offered prayers on Yamuna’s banks on Wednesday. He knows the water is harmful but stood in it anyway, unfazed by the health hazard.
“What fear? If we are scared, then how can we pray?” he said
I'ma be real for a moment. After a while all this fukkery stops being tragic or infuriating and just becomes funny. There are tons of millionaires and billionaires of indian descent, it's nothing for them to have come together and spent some money to clean up these polluting industries, but they don't give a shyt. Climate change been a problem since the 1970s and world governments and captains of industry said "we don't care" and now are doing the bare minimum to solve the crisis. This is the equivalent of having a 16page paper due that you had all semester to write and trying to write it 5 hours before the deadline. While posting on twitter and scrolling through instagram
One of India’s most sacred rivers appears to be coated with a thick layer of snow. Except it is not.
A vast stretch of the Yamuna river is covered with white toxic foam, caused in part by pollutants discharged from industries ringing New Delhi.
Still, on Wednesday, hundreds of Hindu devotees stood knee-deep in its frothy, noxious waters, sometimes even immersing themselves for a customary dip to mark the festival of Chhath Puja.
The 1,376-km (855-mile) Yamuna is one of the holiest rivers for Hindus. It is also among the most polluted in the world.
The river provides more than half of New Delhi’s water, posing a serious health threat to its residents. It has become dirtier over the years as most of the capital’s sewage, farm pesticides from neighbouring states and industrial effluents from factory towns flow into the waterway despite laws against polluting.
In a city that already has the world’s most contaminated air, a dangerously unhealthy river is a concern for many. Yet, devotees flock to it every year during the festival, which is dedicated to the solar deity and is observed with ritual bathing.
Rajesh Kumar Verma was among those who offered prayers on Yamuna’s banks on Wednesday. He knows the water is harmful but stood in it anyway, unfazed by the health hazard.
“What fear? If we are scared, then how can we pray?” he said
I'ma be real for a moment. After a while all this fukkery stops being tragic or infuriating and just becomes funny. There are tons of millionaires and billionaires of indian descent, it's nothing for them to have come together and spent some money to clean up these polluting industries, but they don't give a shyt. Climate change been a problem since the 1970s and world governments and captains of industry said "we don't care" and now are doing the bare minimum to solve the crisis. This is the equivalent of having a 16page paper due that you had all semester to write and trying to write it 5 hours before the deadline. While posting on twitter and scrolling through instagram
