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Millions of Delhi residents lost water for days. Some say it’s still toxic
Ammonia pollution from industrial waste forced six of nine water plants to close, impacting 2 million residents and causing water shortages and contamination.
- The Delhi Water Board reported last week that ammonia pollution forced six of the nine water plants to shut, affecting 43 neighborhoods and about two million people.
- Decades of failed cleanup efforts, including the 1993 Yamuna Action Plan, have left the river a toxic drain, with the Delhi government contributing about 76% of its pollution while it supplies 40% of the capital's water.
- Residents said in Sharma Enclave, northwest Delhi, water comes once every three days and was dirty, black, or smelly, while 10 resident welfare associations representing over 600,000 people reported no water for days.
- The Delhi Water Board said supplies were restored last Thursday, and the Delhi government plans to nearly double sewage treatment capacity to 1,500 million gallons per day by 2028.
- Despite clean-ups last Sunday, activists and volunteers warn that toxic white foam on the Yamuna and dissolved oxygen collapse show industrial toxins persist.
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