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  • Young men are working inside a foundry in Agra, where regulations have imposed the use to electric rather than coal power. The Taj Mahal has been struggling to keep in shape also because of the high levels of pollution in the city, even after this switch in power.
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  • Young men are working inside a foundry in Agra, where regulations have imposed the use to electric rather than coal power. The Taj Mahal has been struggling to keep in shape also because of the high levels of pollution in the city, even after this switch in power.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_066.JPG
  • A cycle rickshaw driver is taking a break on the streets of Agra. The Taj Mahal has been struggling to keep in shape also because of the high levels of pollution in the city, mainly caused by congested roads and high levels of traffic, vehicles and an increasing population, in Agra.
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  • Two man are cycling in the mids of a busy junction in Agra. The Taj Mahal has been struggling to keep in shape also because of the high levels of pollution in the city, mainly caused by congested roads and high levels of traffic, vehicles and an increasing population, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_175.JPG
  • Young men are working inside a foundry in Agra, where regulations have imposed the use to electric rather than coal power. The Taj Mahal has been struggling to keep in shape also because of the high levels of pollution in the city, even after this switch in power.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_143.JPG
  • A an air pollution detector is standing inside the Taj Mahal main complex, in Agra.
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  • People are walking on the streets of Agra, next to a busy junction. The Taj Mahal has been struggling to keep in shape also because of the high levels of pollution in the city, mainly caused by congested roads and high levels of traffic, vehicles and an increasing population, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_072.JPG
  • The Taj Mahal has been struggling to keep in shape also because of the high levels of pollution in the city, mainly caused by congested roads and high levels of traffic, vehicles and an increasing population, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_071.JPG
  • A vendor is selling Coca Cola on the streets of Agra. The Taj Mahal has been struggling to keep in shape also because of the high levels of pollution in the city, mainly caused by congested roads and high levels of traffic, vehicles and an increasing population, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_068.JPG
  • The Taj Mahal has been struggling to keep in shape also because of the high levels of pollution in the city, mainly caused by congested roads and high levels of traffic, vehicles and an increasing population, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_046.JPG
  • Young men are working inside a foundry in Agra, where regulations have imposed the use to electric rather than coal power. The Taj Mahal has been struggling to keep in shape also because of the high levels of pollution in the city, even after this switch in power.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_145.JPG
  • The Taj Mahal has been struggling to keep in shape also because of the high levels of pollution in the city, mainly caused by congested roads and high levels of traffic, vehicles and an increasing population, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_045.JPG
  • The Taj Mahal has been struggling to keep in shape also because of the high levels of pollution in the city, mainly caused by congested roads and high levels of traffic, vehicles and an increasing population, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_044.JPG
  • Men are stading on the back of a small van in the mids of heavy traffic on the streets of Agra. The Taj Mahal has been struggling to keep in shape also because of the high levels of pollution in the city, mainly caused by congested roads and high levels of traffic, vehicles and an increasing population, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_174.JPG
  • A boy is driving his bicycle in the mids of heavy traffic on the streets of Agra. The Taj Mahal has been struggling to keep in shape also because of the high levels of pollution in the city, mainly caused by congested roads and high levels of traffic, vehicles and an increasing population, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_173.JPG
  • The Taj Mahal has been struggling to keep in shape also because of the high levels of pollution in the city, mainly caused by congested roads and high levels of traffic, vehicles and an increasing population, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_172.JPG
  • Brij Khandelwal, a renown environmental journalist for the Times of India, is walking in the mids of traffic on the streets of Agra. The Taj Mahal has been struggling to keep in shape also because of the high levels of pollution in the city, mainly caused by congested roads and high levels of traffic, vehicles and an increasing population, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_080.JPG
  • A man lying, supposedly drunk, in the middle of a congested junction is struggling under an incoming car. The car moved back and drove away. The Taj Mahal has been struggling to keep in shape also because of the high levels of pollution in the city, mainly caused by congested roads and high levels of traffic, vehicles and an increasing population, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_070.JPG
  • A man is lying, supposedly drunk, in the middle of a congested junction. The Taj Mahal has been struggling to keep in shape also because of the high levels of pollution in the city, mainly caused by congested roads and high levels of traffic, vehicles and an increasing population, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_069.JPG
  • The Taj Mahal has been struggling to keep in shape also because of the high levels of pollution in the city, mainly caused by congested roads and high levels of traffic, vehicles and an increasing population, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_067.JPG
  • Young men are working inside a foundry in Agra, where regulations have imposed the use to electric rather than coal power. The Taj Mahal has been struggling to keep in shape also because of the high levels of pollution in the city, even after this switch in power.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_065.JPG
  • A rickshaw driver sits in his vehicle on the streets of Agra. The Taj Mahal has been struggling to keep in shape also because of the high levels of pollution in the city, mainly caused by congested roads and high levels of traffic, vehicles and an increasing population.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_037.JPG
  • The Taj Mahal has been struggling to keep in shape also because of the high levels of pollution in the city, mainly caused by congested roads and high levels of traffic, vehicles and an increasing population, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_036.JPG
  • Chandrabhati, 50, is portrayed while sitting on a bed in her house, located in the village of Simlana, pop. 4000, Saharanpur District, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Saturday, Mar. 29, 2008. Due to the contaminated water she has been drinking, originating from a hand-pump at the shallow depth of 70 ft, she was diagnosed a severe case of eye disease that made her totally blind seven years ago. She visited two different hospital in Saharanpur to no avail. The family has since time stopped drinking from the pump delivering yellow-coloured water and has been able to install a safer one, at the depth of 100 ft. As pollution grows unabated, and penetrates the soil deeper and deeper, there is a risk that even the newest pumps, some as deep as 200 ft, will soon be showing signs of contamination.
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  • A young mother, Asnya Surajo , 25, is holding her daughter, Naimaatu Surajo, 4, a girl suffering from permanent brain damage and blindness, in Abare, a village affected by lead poisoning due to the unsafe techniques employed for extracting gold, in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Asnya lost six children: two miscarriages, and four while very young. Only her daughter Surajo was saved, but she survives as a suffering victim of lead pollution in the area. It is caused by ingestion and breathing of lead particles released in the steps to isolate the gold from other metals. This type of lead is soluble in stomach acid and children under-5 are most affected, as they tend to ingest more through their hands by touching the ground, and are developing symptoms often leading to death or serious disabilities. Nearby, in Anka, doctors from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) are treating serious cases of lead poisoning, referred to them by local clinics in the surrounding villages. The treatment with MSF starts when blood lead level (BLL) samples reach 45 micrograms per decilitre. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that a BLL of 5 micro-g/dL or above is a cause for concern. The cycle of medicines lasts for 20 days. After that, the child's blood is tested and a new round of treatment is provided. Treatment can last years, as lead is reduced in the blood, but it persists noticeably within the bones, especially if the patients return to the same polluted environment. Remediation of the affected villages, a campaign of awareness, and the introduction of safer mining techniques are pivotal to the long-term solution of a hazardous trend that has already killed over 460 children, and it is bound to grow in size, fostered by the ever-rising price of gold.
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  • A young mother, Asnya Surajo , 25, is holding her daughter, Naimaatu Surajo, 4, a girl suffering from permanent brain damage and blindness, in Abare, a village affected by lead poisoning due to the unsafe techniques employed for extracting gold, in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Asnya lost six children: two miscarriages, and four while very young. Only her daughter Surajo was saved, but she survives as a suffering victim of lead pollution in the area. It is caused by ingestion and breathing of lead particles released in the steps to isolate the gold from other metals. This type of lead is soluble in stomach acid and children under-5 are most affected, as they tend to ingest more through their hands by touching the ground, and are developing symptoms often leading to death or serious disabilities. Nearby, in Anka, doctors from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) are treating serious cases of lead poisoning, referred to them by local clinics in the surrounding villages. The treatment with MSF starts when blood lead level (BLL) samples reach 45 micrograms per decilitre. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that a BLL of 5 micro-g/dL or above is a cause for concern. The cycle of medicines lasts for 20 days. After that, the child's blood is tested and a new round of treatment is provided. Treatment can last years, as lead is reduced in the blood, but it persists noticeably within the bones, especially if the patients return to the same polluted environment. Remediation of the affected villages, a campaign of awareness, and the introduction of safer mining techniques are pivotal to the long-term solution of a hazardous trend that has already killed over 460 children, and it is bound to grow in size, fostered by the ever-rising price of gold.
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  • Mohammed Surajo, 30, is holding his only daughter, Naimaatu Surajo, 4, a girl suffering from permanent brain damage and blindness, in Abare, a village affected by lead poisoning due to the unsafe techniques employed for extracting gold, in Zamfara State, Nigeria. His wife Asnya lost six children: two miscarriages, and four while very young. Only her daughter Surajo was saved, but she survives as a suffering victim of lead pollution in the area. It is caused by ingestion and breathing of lead particles released in the steps to isolate the gold from other metals. This type of lead is soluble in stomach acid and children under-5 are most affected, as they tend to ingest more through their hands by touching the ground, and are developing symptoms often leading to death or serious disabilities. Nearby, in Anka, doctors from M√©decins Sans Fronti√®res (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) are treating serious cases of lead poisoning, referred to them by local clinics in the surrounding villages. The treatment with MSF starts when blood lead level (BLL) samples reach 45 micrograms per decilitre. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that a BLL of 5 ?g/dL or above is a cause for concern. The cycle of medicines lasts for 20 days. After that, the child's blood is tested and a new round of treatment is provided. Treatment can last years, as lead is reduced in the blood, but it persists noticeably within the bones, especially if the patients return to the same polluted environment. Remediation of the affected villages, a campaign of awareness, and the introduction of safer mining techniques are pivotal to the long-term solution of a hazardous trend that has already killed over 460 children, and it is bound to grow in size, alimented by the ever-rising price of gold.
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  • A young Indian girl is crossing the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • A woman pastor is caring for her goats over the sands created by the low summer flow of the heavily polluted Yamuna River, across a view of the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_140.JPG
  • Untreated water from a municipal drain is entering the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_052.JPG
  • Relatives of a deceased person are watching the body being cremated at the traditional 'burning ghat' in Agra. Reduced into ashes it will then be partly thrown into the heavily polluted Yamuna River, flowing next to the Taj Mahal.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_162.JPG
  • A woman pastor is standing with her goats over the sands created by the low summer flow of the heavily polluted Yamuna River, across a view of the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_141.JPG
  • Farmers are working in the fields created by the low summer flow of the heavily polluted Yamuna River, across a view of the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • Visitors are looking at the Taj Mahal from the high walls of the Agra Fort, opposite the heavily polluted and dry Yamuna River, in Agra.
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  • An Indian family is taking a break inside the Agra Fort, standing next to the heavily polluted and dry Yamuna River, in Agra. From this balcony inside the Fort, Mughal emperors used to address his men.
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  • Garbage has been thrown in the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • Three Indian boys are crossing the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_148.JPG
  • Untreated water from a municipal drain is entering the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_147.JPG
  • A sandstorm is being created by strong winds over the heavily polluted and dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • Women are walking on a bank of the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • The water of the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River is bubbling with chemicals, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_059.JPG
  • Untreated water from a municipal drain is entering the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_053.JPG
  • Relatives of a deceased person are watching the body being cremated at the traditional 'burning ghat' in Agra. Reduced into ashes it will then be partly thrown into the heavily polluted Yamuna River, flowing next to the Taj Mahal.
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  • A boy is plying where once water used to be, at the Mughal garden of Ram Bagh in Agra, on the sides of the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River.
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  • A boy is carrying firewood over the sands created by the low summer flow of the heavily polluted Yamuna River, across a view of the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • The statue of B. R. Ambedkar, the father founder of the Indian Constitution, is standing next to a small Hindu temple opposite the Taj Mahal, on the banks of the heavily polluted Yamuna River.
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  • A boy is eating a melon next to a Mughal example of stair in the Ram Bagh Garden in Agra, on the sides of the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River.
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  • A boys are taking pictures next to a Mughal example of stair in Agra, on the sides of the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River.
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  • Hindu religious icons are sitting on a bank of the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra, while a boy is passing by on his bicycle.
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  • Untreated water from a municipal drain is entering the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_156.JPG
  • Garbage has been thrown in the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_153.JPG
  • Garbage has been thrown in the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • Cows and their shepherd are walking by the ruins of the controversial 'Taj Heritage Corridor', sitting between the Agra Fort and the Taj, and next to the heavily polluted and dry Yamuna River, in Agra.
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  • A stray dog is eating a carcass on a bank of the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • The heavily polluted Yamuna River is almost dry in summer, allowing flying sands to reach the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • A cow is walking by the ruins of the controversial 'Taj Heritage Corridor', sitting between the Agra Fort and the Taj, and next to the heavily polluted and dry Yamuna River, in Agra.
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  • A rickshaw is driving next to the area of the controversial 'Taj Heritage Corridor', sitting between the Agra Fort and the Taj, and next to the heavily polluted and dry Yamuna River, in Agra.
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  • A stray dog is crossing the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • Hindu religious icons and a cow photographed on a bank of the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • A stray dog is protecting a carcass from another dog on a bank of the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • Birds are standing in the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • A boy is preparing the ground for a new body to be cremated at the traditional 'burning ghat' in Agra, while a dog is walking by. Reduced into ashes it will then be partly thrown into the heavily polluted Yamuna River, flowing next to the Taj Mahal.
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  • Men working at the traditional 'burning ghat' in Agra are taking a break for a biri (Indian leaf cigarette). Bodies are reduced to ashes here to then be partly thrown into the heavily polluted Yamuna River, flowing next to the Taj Mahal.
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  • A sandstorm is being created by strong winds over the heavily polluted and dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • A couple is overlooking the plain next to the Taj Mahal, the area of the controversial 'Taj Heritage Corridor', sitting between the Agra Fort and the Taj, and next to the heavily polluted and dry Yamuna River, in Agra.
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  • Visitors are looking at the heavily polluted and dry Yamuna River while standing inside the main complex of the Taj Mahal, in Agra. In the original design, there should be water on the right where people are walking, so as to prevent the Taj from falling towards the river.
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  • Three women are walking inside the Taj Mahal complex where, in the original design, there was supposed to be water to keep the Taj from falling towards the heavily polluted Yamuna River, in Agra.
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  • A boy is fishing on the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River, across a view of the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • Two people are walking on the sands created by the low summer flow of the heavily polluted Yamuna River, across a view of the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_002.JPG
  • A man is walking on a bank of the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_157.JPG
  • Untreated water from a municipal drain is entering the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_155.JPG
  • A boy is preparing to cross the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River with his buffaloes, in Agra.
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  • Brij Khandelwal, a renown environmental journalist for the Times of India, is walking on a bank of the heavily polluted Yamuna River, in Agra, opposite the Taj Mahal complex.
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  • Rubbish and Hindu religious items are dumped on a bank of the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • A vulture is flying over the heavily polluted and dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • A young bride is taking a moment inside the Taj Mahal complex overlooking the heavily polluted Yamuna River, in Agra.
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  • A well, another monument of great Mughal architecture in Agra, is lying almost empty on the sides of the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River.
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  • Brij Khandelwal, a renown environmental journalist for the Times of India, is walking on a bank of the heavily polluted Yamuna River, in Agra, opposite the Taj Mahal complex.
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  • A truck driver and his co-workers are preparing to deliver their load of sugarcane inside the Daurala Sugar Works industrial complex, near Daurala village, Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Monday, Apr. 14, 2008. Sugarcane-related manufactories, like sugar mills and distilleries rank between the 17 most polluting industries by the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests and special conditions apply to the release of their wastewaters back into the environment. If Daurala Sugar Works, whose drain reaches the Kali river (East), have implemented a fairly efficient Effluent Treatment Plant, many in the sugarcane-rich area have not, and keep releasing contaminated water into nearby rivers. Even if levels of pollutants are believed to be largely reduced at the Complex, the Kali river (East) cannot absorb any more amount of wastewaters and its situation remains critically unhealthy.
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  • A truck driver and his co-workers are waiting to deliver their load of sugarcane inside the Daurala Sugar Works industrial complex, near Daurala village, Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Monday, Apr. 14, 2008. Sugarcane-related manufactories, like sugar mills and distilleries rank between the 17 most polluting industries by the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests and special conditions apply to the release of their wastewaters back into the environment. If Daurala Sugar Works, whose drain reaches the Kali river (East), have implemented a fairly efficient Effluent Treatment Plant, many in the sugarcane-rich area have not, and keep releasing contaminated water into nearby rivers. Even if levels of pollutants are believed to be largely reduced at the Complex, the Kali river (East) cannot absorb any more amount of wastewaters and its situation remains critically unhealthy... ..
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  • Farmers are delivering a load of sugarcane from their buffalo-cart inside the Daurala Sugar Works industrial complex, near Daurala village, Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Monday, Apr. 14, 2008. Sugarcane-related manufactories, like sugar mills and distilleries rank between the 17 most polluting industries by the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests and special conditions apply to the release of their wastewaters back into the environment. If Daurala Sugar Works, whose drain reaches the Kali river (East), have implemented a fairly efficient Effluent Treatment Plant, many in the sugarcane-rich area have not, and keep releasing contaminated water into nearby rivers. Even if levels of pollutants are believed to be largely reduced at the Complex, the Kali river (East) cannot absorb any more amount of wastewaters and its situation remains critically unhealthy.
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  • Poonam, 6, is revelling in the heavy monsoon rain in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, central India, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'. When the monsoon rain falls every year, it seeps through the buried, hazardous waste of Union Carbide, before proceeding to pollute the area's underground water reservoirs.
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  • A young boy is walking on the hilltop surrounding the tannery area of Jajmau,<br />
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, located on the most polluted stretch of the mighty Ganges River.
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  • A young girl from the village of Beghrajpur, Muzaffarnagar District, Uttar Pradesh, India, is collecting grass for her family's buffaloes from the banks of a large drain originating from the Beghrajpur Industrial Complex, mainly composed of chemical factories, a few hundred meters upstream, on Sunday, Mar. 30, 2008. The white drain, completely covered in foam, will reach the Kali river (East) in Usampur Bhopara village. At the end of its journey, the watercourse will eventually join the largest Ganges river injecting a deadly dose of pollutants into its Holy waters.
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  • Students from the Laksha Grawha Ashram are bathing in a pool using groundwater that will later be devoted to irrigation in the village of Barnawa, pop.6000, Baghpat District, Uttar Pradesh, India, located along the banks of the severely polluted Hindon river, on Thursday, Apr. 17, 2008.
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  • Poonam, 6, is revelling in the heavy monsoon rain in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, central India, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'. When the monsoon rain falls every year, it seeps through the buried, hazardous waste of Union Carbide, before proceeding to pollute the area's underground water reservoirs.
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  • Poonam, 6, is revelling in the heavy monsoon rain in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, central India, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'. When the monsoon rain falls every year, it seeps through the buried, hazardous waste of Union Carbide, before proceeding to pollute the area's underground water reservoirs.
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  • Pardip, a 12-year-old boy from Simlana village, pop.4000, Saharanpur District, Uttar Pradesh, India, is leaning on a government-installed hand-pump, on Saturday, Mar. 29, 2008. Pardip developed a neurological disease due to the long-term effects of consuming contaminated water at the age of two. His family and him still regularly use the same 40 ft deep hand-pump located in their courtyard which provides water with large quantities of heavy metals and pesticides leaked through the ground from the nearby drains and the severely polluted Hindon river.
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  • Doli, 5, (middle) from the village of Barnawa, pop.6000, Baghpat District, Uttar Pradesh, India, located along the banks of the severely polluted Hindon river, is shaking in the arms of her father, on Wednesday, Apr. 2, 2008. Doli is affected by a neurological disorder since birth. Doctors believe her condition to be associated to water contaminated with alarming levels of pesticides and heavy metals the family is drinking on an everyday basis. Her skull is underdeveloped and she has serious cognitive limitations that have left her unable to frequent school or carry on any sort of educational activity. The family is now using a nearby governmental hand-pump that provides better quality water in comparison to the 20ft deep private one they priory used.
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  • Sakib, 7, from the Patanpura Colony, Saharanphur District, is leading his buffalo out of the Dhamola river, a severely polluted small-size watercourse, in reality more similar to a drain, that joins the Hindon river a few kilometres downstream, on Friday, Apr. 18, 2008. Sakib regularly comes here with his family to wash their buffaloes and provide them water to drink, unaware of the consequences the contamination could have on himself and his animals.
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  • Poonam, 6, is revelling in the heavy monsoon rain in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, central India, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'. When the monsoon rain falls every year, it seeps through the buried, hazardous waste of Union Carbide, before proceeding to pollute the area's underground water reservoirs.
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  • Poonam, 6, is revelling in the heavy monsoon rain in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, central India, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'. When the monsoon rain falls every year, it seeps through the buried, hazardous waste of Union Carbide, before proceeding to pollute the area's underground water reservoirs.
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  • A man is bathing in the polluted Ganges River in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, at dawn. Sustaining life for thousands of years along the Indo-Gangetic plains, the river's ecosystem is in grave danger of being damaged beyond repair.
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  • A young woman is covering her eyes during a sandstorm, in the heavily polluted city of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, the largest leather production hub in India.
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  • Rakesh, 25, from the village of Chandenamal, pop. 1500, Muzaffarnagar District, Uttar Pradesh, India, located along the banks of the severely polluted Krishni river, is sitting on a bed in front of his house, on Saturday, Apr. 29, 2008. Rakesh has been diagnosed a neurological disorder since one and a half years; it has left his legs and left hand almost paralysed while his cognitive skills have been severely affected. He can now walk only with the help of metal crutches and cannot carry on any sort of work or activity. Doctors believe his condition to be associated to the water contaminated with alarming levels of pesticides and heavy metals the family is drinking on an everyday basis.
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  • Workers are collecting sand to be used in construction works from the bed of the severely polluted Hindon river, near the village of Barnawa, pop. 6000, Baghpat District, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Wednesday, Apr. 2, 2008. A full cart will be sold for about 100 Rs (USD 2).
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  • Nusarat, (right) 7-year-old girl from the village of Barnawa, pop.6000, Baghpat District, Uttar Pradesh, India, located along the banks of the severely polluted Hindon river, is completing her homework while her brother, Sahanawaj, 9, is playing on a bed inside their house, on Thursday, Apr. 17, 2008. Both children cannot either speak or hear, while their younger brother, Sarik, 4, was born with a neurological disorder that have left him unable to walk and with minor cognitive skills. The family laments the water delivered from their hand-pump to be yellow at times and of a particular, different odour and taste.
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  • Rubina, 12, is helping her mother to separate some wheat grain from its chaffs in their home in the village of Barnawa, pop.6000, Baghpat District, Uttar Pradesh, India, located along the banks of the severely polluted Hindon river on Friday, Apr. 18, 2008. Rubina was born with a neurological disorder that have left her cognitive skills gravely affected. The family laments that their 80 ft deep private hand-pump is delivering yellow-coloured water that smells and tastes differently from fresh water, although they continue drinking it as they have no means of collecting safer water on a daily basis.
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  • Six boys are sitting on the banks of the polluted Ganges River in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, near the tannery area of Jajmau. Sustaining life for thousands of years along the Indo-Gangetic plains, the river's ecosystem is in grave danger of being damaged beyond repair.
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  • Agricultural labourers are collecting water devoted to irrigation from pools forming on the side of the polluted Ganges River in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, near Jajmao Industrial Area. Sustaining life for thousands of years along the Indo-Gangetic plains, the river's ecosystem is in grave danger of being damaged beyond repair while crops absorb the contaminants from the water and pass it on to those consuming the vegetables grown in this area.
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