Top 10 Polluted Rivers in India

Top 10 polluted rivers in India

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Wardha

One of the biggest Rivers in Vidarbha region, Gujrat. Pollution because of cement factories and Coal factories.

Hindon

The river passes through six districts, including Noida and Ghaziabad, in Uttar Pradesh before it meets the Yamuna. Pollution due to stone crushing units.

Musi

Report from the Central Pollution Control Board has listed the Musi river among the most polluted rivers in the Country and its water most dangerous. Hyderabad, Telangana.

Mahi

Starts in Madhyapradesh and flows through Rajasthan and Gujrat into the Arabian sea.Construction of Bunds on Mahi by the Vadodra Municipal Corporation is causing pollution, Gujart.

Starts in Madhyapradesh and flows through Rajasthan and Gujrat into the Arabian sea.Construction of Bunds on Mahi by the Vadodra Municipal Corporation is causing pollution, Gujart.

Gomti

The river cuts the Jaunpur city into two equal halves and becomes wider in Jaunpur.In the Lucknow area, 25 city drains pour untreated sewage into the Gomti, Uttar Pradesh

Oshiwara

Oshiwara River is a river in Mumbai, India.On the way it is joined by another creek near Swami Vivekanand Road, before picking up industrial effluents and sewage while crossing the industrial estates and slums of Andheri.

Damodar

Damodar is polluted thanks to the several industries that have sprouted on the mineral rich banks. The river flows across West Bengal and Jharkhand.

Sabarmati

Originates in Rajasthan and flos through Gujarat into the Arabian sea. The river is polluted because of unregued and uncared waste disposal

Yamuna

Is the longest and the second largest tributary river of the Ganges.The discharge of waste through 15 drains between Wazirabad barrage and Okhla barrage renders the river severely polluted.

Ganga

Ganga was ranked as the fifth most polluted river of the world in 2007. Pollution threatens not only humans, but also more than 140 fish species, 90 amphibian species and the endangered