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India, many lakes are on fire because household chemicals, like detergents…
India
explosive population
Bengaluru, India’s high-tech city has grown from 3 million people to 12 million people
over the last 40 years. India’s population has doubled in size from 600,000,000 to 1,200,000,000
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water pollution
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a 1995 report said that, in 114 Indian cities, people dumped dead bodies directly into the Ganges River
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broken pipelines
Shimla, the capital and the largest city of the Indian state, is facing water shortage because there is a 20-25 per cent leakage
residents of Shimla had to wait nearly 4 days to get water, with many lining up with buckets to collect water from tankers
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many lakes are on fire because household chemicals, like detergents, mix with other chemicals in the lake water
80% of the sewage from India's capital city, Delhi, is untreated
water pollution
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according to the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI), nearly 70 percent of all of the country’s fresh water is contaminated
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aquifers beneath 387 of India’s 676 geographic regions also contain dangerous pollutants – pesticides, arsenic, chromium, lead, cadmium, and nitrates
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Ganwar Kahn's brother woke up around 5 o'clock in the morning to get water; however, because of the sandstorm, he lost his direction and walked in an opposite direction. He kept walking until 11 at night. By the time he reached a well with water, his lost control mentally and thought if he touched the water directly, someone would kill him. Therefore, he did nothing but sat by the well and died slowly.