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impaired. Heavy metal pollution of water bodies possesses serious

concern to human health.

Fig 5.2: Types of waste in river

Photo Credit : Aditya Nimak

It has been observed that there is a direct correlation between waste
and industrialization. Due to higher number of industries, more types

of waste were generated. The smell of the river water also indicates
the level of pollution suffered by the river. It was observed that most
of the rivers were polluted and the water was malodorous.

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