{"id":2885,"date":"2017-06-04T20:37:18","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T15:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=2885"},"modified":"2017-06-04T20:37:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T15:07:18","slug":"thousands-dead-fish-due-industrial-pollution-dholi-village-gujarat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/thousands-dead-fish-due-industrial-pollution-dholi-village-gujarat\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of dead fish due to industrial pollution in Dholi village in Gujarat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The video clip above is from a village called Dholi in Dholka Taluka in Gujarat. Gujarat Government has made lakes in several villages for harvesting storm water. Narmada water is also released into these lakes in order to help with the irrigation of farm lands. The pond in the video clip above is also a part of one such initiative. However, what was supposed to be a boon for the farmers is quickly becoming a bane for them. <\/p>\n

Unregulated industrial waste especially polluted water released by various industrial units in the area of Dholi village are poisoning various water sources in this area. Activists allege that industrial units that have been recently setup in the Dholi Integrated Textile Park are disposing untreated, polluted water in the nearest water stream. As a result, thousands of fish inhabiting the pond have died. The farmers in the area fear that the polluted water will soon start affecting their farmland which are in the vicinity of this pond.<\/p>\n