‘What fear?’: Hindus bathe in frothy, polluted Indian river

‘What fear?’: Hindus bathe in frothy, polluted Indian river
A vast stretch of one of India’s most sacred rivers, the Yamuna, is covered with toxic foam (Altaf Qadri/AP)

One of India’s most sacred rivers is covered with white toxic foam, making it appear to be coated with a thick layer of snow.

A vast stretch of the Yamuna river is covered with the foam, caused in part by pollutants discharged from industries ringing New Delhi.

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