"Red, Green Or Black": UP's Hindon River Turns Toxic Due To Pollution

Locals say the river turns red, green, yellow or pitch black, depending on the colour dominantly used by the dyeing factories in Hindon basin.

A long stretch of Uttar Pradesh's Hindon river has turned toxic due to rampant industrial pollution in the region.The sight of streams of dye discharge flowing into the river through piles of garbage is not new for the locals. They say the river turns red, green, yellow or pitch black, depending on the specific colour dominantly used by the dyeing factories.

A resident of Uttar Pradesh's Bahlolpur village told NDTV that the river water had turned deep red yesterday.

The chemicals and dye waste released by the factories in the Hindon basin has contaminated the river water.

Apart from trade effluents, sewage waste also flows into the water, making it unfit for human consumption.