Around 80 pc of sewage in Indian cities flows into water systems

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Submitted by lalit on Tue, 2013-03-05 19:52

Is urban India drowning in its own excreta? Nearly 80 per cent of the sewage generated in India flows untreated into its rivers, lakes and ponds, turning the water sources too polluted to use.

thesaurus: 
India
CSE
Sewage
Rivers
River Pollution
Water Pollution
Lakes
Lake Pollution
Groundwater
Groundwater Pollution
Pune (T)
Delhi
Mumbai
Chennai (T)
Surat (T)
Gurgaon (T)
Anil Agarwal
Sunita Narain
Urbanisation
Irrigation
Sewage Pollution
Main Topic: 
Water Pollution
Name of the Newspaper: 
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Mark Content Private(Internal): 
Clipping Type: 
DNB
CSE
IGF
External URL: 
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/around-80-pc-of-sewage-in-indian-cities-flows-into-water-systems/articleshow/18808767.cms
Publication Date: 
05/03/2013