People celebrating a festival in India’s capital of New Delhi this week were greeted with a strange sight: what looked like a blanket of snow covering the city’s main river. A thick covering of white foam has covered the Yamuna River in recent days, a byproduct of the immense amount of waste in the river. Despite the possible dangers from the substance, people still flocked into the river to celebrate the festival of Chhath Puja.
Conservation
Surreal Photos Reveal India’s Huge Environmental Problem
Pollution has created a blanket of white foam over the Yamuna River right as bathers visit for the Chhath Puja festival.
By
Molly Taft
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