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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.
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  • 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 boy is fishing on the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River, across a view of the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_139.JPG
  • 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 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_001.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_168.JPG
  • 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_052.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_163.JPG
  • Garbage has been thrown in the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_152.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_151.JPG
  • A boy is preparing to cross the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River with his buffaloes, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_146.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_056.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_050.JPG
  • A vulture is flying over the heavily polluted and dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_032.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_171.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_167.JPG
  • A young Indian girl is crossing the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_150.JPG
  • A stray dog is crossing the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_060.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_054.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_158.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_120.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_062.JPG
  • Birds are standing in the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_051.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_049.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_047.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_039.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_033.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_004.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_166.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_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_154.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_149.JPG
  • Women are walking on a bank of the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_061.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
  • A sandstorm is being created by strong winds over the heavily polluted and dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_031.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_022.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_169.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
  • 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
  • The heavily polluted Yamuna River is almost dry in summer, allowing flying sands to reach the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_142.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_075.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_063.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_057.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_030.JPG
  • A young bride is taking a moment inside the Taj Mahal complex overlooking the heavily polluted Yamuna River, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_005.JPG
  • 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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_058.JPG
  • 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.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_01.JPG
  • A balloon vendor is pushing his cart along the streets of Agra near the Taj Mahal.
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  • Women are collecting water contaminated with heavy metals and pesticides from a hand-pump on the streets of Jaibheem Nagar, pop. 10000, a large slum located near the banks of the Kali river (East), Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Sunday, Mar. 16, 2008.
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  • Workers in one of the larger tanneries within the Jajmau Industrial Area, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, are stockpiling pieces of leather while trimming impurities and scraps before proceeding to colouring and finishing.
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  • Workers in one of the large tanneries located in Jajmau area of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, are processing leather in chromium baths, or liming, while complying to little, if any, health and safety regulations.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_14.JPG
  • A number of damaged parts, sloppy restoration work, stone decay and other oddities can be seen all around the Taj Mahal complex, on both red sandstone and Markana marble.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_121.JPG
  • Visitors are enjoying a day at the Taj Mahal building, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_105.JPG
  • R.K. Dixit, the senior government conservator at the Taj Mahal  complex in Agra is standing amid the crowd.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_082.JPG
  • Brij Khandelwal, a renown environmental journalist for the Times of India, is inspecting the damage and writing on a door inside the Taj Mahal complex.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_077.JPG
  • A child is collecting useful items from scraps at the industrial area of Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_055.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
  • Women are adjusting their saris inside the main complex of the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_020.JPG
  • Visitors overlooked by Indian police officers are making their way to the Taj Mahal building and tombs, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_009.JPG
  • Visitors are walking towards the Taj Mahal building, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_007.JPG
  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • A large drain is pouring municipal and industrial waste into the Ganges River near Jajmau Industrial Area, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Many drains are scattered around the area and discharge contaminated wastewater into the nearby river tainting underground reservoirs and endangering the fresh water supply of local people.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_32.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.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_176.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_144.JPG
  • A number of damaged parts, sloppy restoration work, stone decay and other oddities can be seen all around the Taj Mahal complex, on both red sandstone and Markana marble.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_138.JPG
  • Fragile Markana marble surrounds to the tombs of  Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal, in the name of which the Taj Mahal mausoleum was also built and completed around the year 1653, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_109.JPG
  • Visitors are entering the Taj Mahal complex through the Great Gate, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_103.JPG
  • Children are playing on the fragile Markana marble of the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_098.JPG
  • Brij Khandelwal, a renown environmental journalist for the Times of India, is sitting inside the Taj Mahal complex.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_074.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
  • 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
  • Arun Kashap, 8, is taking a bath in a pool of water used for building purposes in Jaibheem Nagar, pop. 10000, a large slum located near the banks of the Kali river (East), Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Sunday, Mar. 16, 2008. Due to the heavy metal contamination of underground water sources, many of the residents are forced to walk 2-3 kilometres to reach a safer hand-pump, and those who are unable to do so, have to drink unsafe water which is the cause of many of the diseases affecting the local population.
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  • Pratap Singh, 52, a farmer from the village of Saini, pop. 4000, Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh, India, is portrayed while cleaning the way to his irrigation pump next to a paper mill drain flowing directly into the Kali river (East) waters, on Wednesday, Mar. 19, 2008. Pratap laments that the groundwater he was using for irrigation until one year ago has now finished and accuses the local industries to be taking it all for manufacturing products while discharging severely contaminated and untreated waters back into the environment. Not even after the monsoon season the village aquifers are able to fully recharge.
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  • A group of slum dwellers on the hills surrounding the tannery area of Jajmau are busy collecting fresh water being provided to the colony daily by the government in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The inhabitants are complaining that too little water is provided for the large population of the area, while in case of power cuts, a very common event in Kanpur, the pumping station can shut down completely for days at the time. Rows and arguments over water collection here are an unfortunate daily reality.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_41.JPG
  • A young girl from Joana, pop. 1800, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, is standing in front of her house. The inhabitants of the village are affected by the wastewater originated from the nearby Jajmau Industrial Area, the largest leather producing hub in India, discharging directly into the holy Ganges River.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_40.JPG
  • Two boys are feeding a large boiler in an illegal dumping and burning ground located on the banks of the Holy Ganges River near the tannery area of Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The scrap leather is destined to be boiled and reduced to a thin dust: the raw material for fertilisers and chicken food production.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_25.JPG
  • A child is sewing parts of what will be leather articles, inside a medium-size manufacturing unit in Jajmau Industrial Area, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_23.JPG
  • A labourer is moving a heavy load of half-processed leather destined to reach a new unit to complete another step of the production chain. In Jajmau Industrial Area, Kanupu, Uttar Pradesh, the leather passes hand in hand many times before being ready for the final product manufacturing stage. This 'outsourcing effect' creates a considerable risk for local underprivileged children to become involved in hazardous activities and subjected to lifelong exploitation.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_15.JPG
  • A young boy is removing contaminated water from a bath after the process of liming, the removal of hair and impurities with the use of water and various agents, in an illegal tannery unit inside Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Children are largely employed to work on scraps, or little pieces of skin, like the head and the ears of the animal, which will become a small bag, a wallet, or maybe a cheap phone leather case.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_10.JPG
  • A boy is removing contaminated water from a bath after the process of liming, the removal of hair and impurities with the use of water and various agents, in an illegal tannery unit inside Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Children are largely employed to work on scraps, or little pieces of skin, like the head and the ears of the animal, which will become a small bag, a wallet, or maybe a cheap phone leather case.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_09.JPG
  • Two children are using their feet to find the remaining skins in a bath during the process of liming, the removal of hair and impurities with the use of water and various agents, in an illegal tannery unit inside Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Children are largely employed to work on scraps, or little pieces of skin, like the head and the ears of the animal, which will become a small bag, a wallet, or maybe a cheap phone leather case.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_06.JPG
  • A child labourer in one of the illegal tannery units inside Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, is holding to the side of a pool while stepping on buffalo's skins inside a bath during the process of liming, the removal of hair and impurities with the use of water and various agents. Children are mostly employed on scraps, or little parts, like the head and the ears of the animal, which will become a small bag or maybe a cheap phone leather case.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_05.JPG
  • A labourer is moving a heavy load of half-processed leather destined to reach a new unit to complete another step of the production chain in Kanpu, Uttar Pradesh. In Jajmau Industrial Area the leather passes hand in hand many times before being ready for manufacturing stage. This 'outsourcing effect' creates a considerable risk for local underprivileged children to become involved in hazardous activities and subjected to exploitation.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_03.JPG
  • M. C. Mehta, the famous Indian environmental lawyer, is playing with his dogs in his ashram in Dehradun, a hill station in the northern state of Uttarakhand.
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  • 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
  • Relatives of a deceased person are purchasing wood at the traditional 'burning ghat' in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_161.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
  • A number of damaged parts, sloppy restoration work, stone decay and other oddities can be seen all around the Taj Mahal complex, on both red sandstone and Markana marble.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_125.JPG
  • A number of damaged parts, sloppy restoration work, stone decay and other oddities can be seen all around the Taj Mahal complex, on both red sandstone and Markana marble.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_118.JPG
  • A number of damaged parts, sloppy restoration work, stone decay and other oddities can be seen all around the Taj Mahal complex, on both red sandstone and Markana marble.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_116.JPG
  • Visitors are spending time in the area containing the tombs of  Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal, in the name of which the Taj Mahal mausoleum was also built and completed around the year 1653, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_108.JPG
  • Visitors are enjoying a day at the Taj Mahal building, in Agra.
    Taj_Mahal_Pollution_100.JPG
  • Visitors are enjoying a day at the Taj Mahal building, in Agra.
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