Pollution levels touched a new high in the Hindon river as the water surface turned oily, causing health risks to animals and aquatic life, villagers said on Tuesday. They said that for the past one week, oil waste was being dumped into the river by nearby industrial units. Momnathal villagers filed a complaint seeking swift action into the issue. After farmers complained to the Uttar Pradesh pollution control board (UPPCB) about oil being discharged by unidentified factories into the Hindon, a UPPCB team on Tuesday collected water samples from the river near Momnathal village for a probe.
“We have collected samples to send to the lab to ascertain the cause behind this contamination. The water is oily and dark. The test will determine the exact cause as to what polluted the river. We will be able to understand the cause only after reports come in,” Anil Kumar Singh, regional officer of the UPPCB, Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar, said.
