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Buddha Nullah pollution in Ludhiana
Industrial and dairy waste has flowed through the Buddha Nullah into the Sutlej for decades, and an ₹840 crore clean-up has not made the water usable.
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What we know
Industrial and dairy effluent has flowed through the Buddha Nullah into the Sutlej for decades. An ₹840 crore clean-up is nearly complete, yet the state pollution board admits the water is not fit even for irrigation. It flows on into canals that reach Rajasthan.
Open questions
- What do the treatment plants on the Buddha Nullah release, and is that data public?
- How many polluting units have been fined or closed, and did they reopen?
- How was the ₹840 crore spent, and what was it expected to achieve?
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