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Bol Himachal Kya Dekha.. Flood in Himachal 2023    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgk6VjHZEnQ Mad4Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF0MZOy9TP8

Focus on cleaning the Sabarmati river; the second most polluted river February 20, 2023  https://groundreport.in/focus-on-cleaning-the-sabarmati-river-the-second-most-polluted-river/  The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has also decided to upgrade the Sabarmati River to “Category-I” status for critically polluted due to these most recent findings. The BOD (Biochemical oxygen demand) in the Sabarmati River was found to be 292 mg per liter.

https://www.knocksense.com/ahmedabad/sabarmati-river-in-ahmedabad-the-second-most-polluted-in-india-says-cpcb-report

of the 603 rivers assessed, there are 311 Polluted stretches in 279 rivers in 30 States & Union Territories.. ..46 Polluted river stretches have been identified
in Priority Class – I (Refer Annexure – IV) in 18 States/ UTs with highest number i.e. 06 in Gujarat & Uttar Pradesh... The names of 13 polluted rivers are
Amlakhadi, Bhadar, Bhogavo, Bhukhi Khadi, Damanganga, Dhadar, Khari, Mahi, Mindhola, Sabarmati, Shedhi, Tapi, Vishwamitri. ..

Taken from: ‘Polluted River Stretches for Restoration of Water Quality – 2022’ https://cpcb.nic.in/wqm/RS-criteria-status.pdf

RIVER         POLLUTED RIVER STRETCH/ LOCATION    Max BOD Observed (mg/ L)

COOUM         AVADI TO SATHYA NAGAR  (TN)                          345.0

SABARMATI     RAYSAN TO VAUTHA (Gujarat)                           292.0

BAHELA        ALONG TANDA  (UP)                                    287.0

BHADAR        ALONG JETPUR (gujarat)                               258.6 

VASISHTA      ALONG SALEM  (TN)                                    230.0

GHAGGAR       MUBARAKPUR TO SARDULGARH (Punjab)                    210.0 

GHAGGAR       BHAGWANPUR TO SURAJPUR; ALONG KALA AMB,

              ALONG CHANDRAPURA, ALONG SIRSA  (Haryana)            206.0

KHARI         ALONG LALI VILLAGE (Gujarat)                         195.0

Maharashtra still has the highest number of polluted river stretches in the country i.e. 55 identified in the year 2022. In Year 2018, 53 polluted river stretches were identified

Andhra farmer guarding tomato crop killed, second such death in a week  https://www.indiatoday.in/crime/story/andhra-farmer-guarding-tomato-plants-killed-second-death-in-a-week-2408258-2023-07-18 Some unidentified people strangled a farmer who fell asleep while guarding his tomato crop in Andhra Pradesh’s Annamaya district. It is the second such death reported from the region in the last seven days.