Toxic foam floats on India’s sacred Yamuna river
By Reuters
17 November 2021 |
4:52 pm
Toxic foam covered parts of the Yamuna river flowing through India's capital of New Delhi on Tuesday, which according to a local activist, is mostly attributed to illegal dumping of industrial waste and untreated sewage water.
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