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"Poke Me" is a Saturday edit page feature in The Economic Times. This feature appears first every Wednesday morning on www.economictimes.com. Best comments from readers will be reproduced on the edit page of the Saturday edition of the newspaper. So be poked and fire in your comments to us right away.
POKE ME: Rallying to protect our rivers is great. But let’s get the science right
Drying trends have been reported in Krishna and Kaveri and the pollution problem in the Ganga is well recognised. The future of our rivers appears bleak.
Isn't it high time that we are talking only and lesser actions can be seen to protect our rivers.Apart from household and human wastes being dumped into rivers why don't we realize the more percentage of pollution is created through chemical wastes piled into by manufacturing industries?Let's foresee a water war if nothing is done!
Suren Dhakalim
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