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Dogs Are Turning Blue In New Mumbai Due To Effluents In The Kasadi River |
How harmful can excessive pollution be? Well, in New Mumbai
, dogs are turning blue due to untreated industrial waste that has been
released into a river.
According to the report in Hindustan Times, the water from
the Kasadi river in Taloja is turning the fur of the dogs blue due to its
toxicity. Since many industrial units directly release effluents and dyes into
river, the water is turning harmful for consumption.
To protect the dogs from turning blue, The Navi Mumbai
Animal Protection Cell has filed a complaint with the Maharashtra Pollution
Control Board (MPCB).
Taloja area of New Bombay has approximately a thousand
pharmaceutical, food and engineering factories. The water quality test at Navi
Mumbai found out that the levels of toxic were high in the water. Chloride is
harmful for vegetation, aquatic life and wildlife.
Jayavant Hajare, sub-regional officer, MPCB Navi Mumbai,
told Hindustan Times, that five to six dogs entered an area which was cordoned
off to the public and therefore they got the colour on them.
It's high time that the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board
(MPCB) chalk out a plan to bring down the pollution levels as such incidents
are a threat to the city's flora and fauna.
