Rivers
in western Uttar Pradesh like Kali, Krishna and Hindon have been polluted to
dangerous levels because of the industrial waste released illegally into them
by the industries. So grave is the pollution that they have also contaminated
the groundwater of hundreds of villages located on the banks of these rivers
thereby endangering the health of millions of people, revealed a scientific
study of one of the rivers Kali which flows through nine districts and covers
about 200 km. Testing of 16 water samples, eight of ground water and eight of
the river water from eight districts which the Kali flows through, has shown
that not only the river water has been seriously contaminated but that has also
contaminated the groundwater of all the villages located on its bank in eight
districts.