Mumbai Water Pollution

Question 1

What flows through The River Mithi

Answer 1

Untreated sewage, chemicals and disease causing microbes

Question 2

How do people cause water pollution in Mumbai

Answer 2

Citizens illegally dump raw sewage, industrial waste and municipal waste into the river
Scrap dealers dump sludge oil, effluent and rubbish in the river

Question 3

What has further increased water degradation

Answer 3

Washing vessels, animals and oil drums alongside discharge of hazardous waste such as zinc, lead and sulphates