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From your bathrooms to the yamuna river, here's where Delhi's sewage goes, and where the system breaks down

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Tragedy struck Hamirpur as a boat capsized in the yamuna River, leaving six people, including a woman and five children, missing. The group was returning after enjoying muskmelons and cucumbers when the vessel lost balance. While the boatman rescued three, a frantic search is underway for the others, with NDRF teams deployed.

A mother's heroic sacrifice in Prayagraj saw her perish while saving her children from a devastating house fire. Archana Kesarwani bravely rescued her infant and two daughters, along with a nephew, by passing them to neighbours and using a ladder. She succumbed to severe burn injuries after becoming trapped in the blaze, a testament to her ultimate maternal courage.

Illegal jeans dyeing and washing units are polluting Gurgaon's drains with untreated, colored effluents, eventually reaching the yamuna. The HPCB issued show-cause notices to several units operating without mandatory clearances or effluent treatment systems, warning of prosecution and environmental compensation. These operations, found in densely populated residential areas, pose a significant public health and groundwater contamination risk.