New Delhi, Nov 7, 2024 (AFP) - India's Hindus bathe in holy river defiled by pollution

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2024-11-07

Sweeping aside thick toxic scum, thousands of Hindu devotees ignored court warnings Thursday against bathing in the sacred but sewage-filled Yamuna river, a grim display of environmental degradation in India's capital. Thousands celebrated the festival of Chhath Puja for the Hindu sun god Surya, entering the stinking waters to pray as the evening rays set in the sky. A parliamentary report in February called the Yamuna "more of a toxic waterway t......

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