Waste Water, Effluents, Sewage and squatters threaten Hindon
The Hindon river starts as Shivaliks from Saharanpur crosses through six districts, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad and Noida. Water of Hindon river is then further taken into Yamuna which includes waste water of all these districts Hindon crosses through. As per the tests, the Ghaziabad and Noida has mojar role in polluting Hindon, which is being denied by the pollution control officials in respective cities and putting the blame for toxins in the Hindon on Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Meerut and Baghpat districts. Baghel says, "Migratory birds have disappeared from Hindon's banks. There are only three effluent treatment plants in Ghaziabad, treating 100 megaliters per day in total. Over 300 megalitres per day of waste flows into the river untreated." Environmentalists say that aquatic life, including fish, which help to reduce pollution by eating bio-pollutants, have all disappeared in the river between Ghaziabad and Noida and heavy metals li