Poisonous foam in a tributary of the Ganges (8 photos)

The tributary of the Ganga Yamuna was covered with thick white foam taller than a man. This is not the first time this has happened, and Indians know that she is dangerous. And still - they have fun.





Where did this foam party come from?

This is industrial waste that has mixed with other substances in wastewater and reacted.



Looks like worship of foam - the God of Industrial Production

Scientists say that the foam contains a lot of phosphates and ammonia. So if you swim in it, you can not only get skin irritation, but simply suffocate.





And huge skyscrapers against the backdrop of poverty, as they say, recognize a country from a photograph

Many offices and primary schools have already had to be closed due to the cloud of smog that has covered New Delhi. And now strong gusts of wind are blowing pieces of foam from the river onto motorcycles and cars.

So coastal establishments will also be closed again. Although the day before the Hindus had a religious holiday in honor of the sun god Suri. Where it was necessary to perform ablution. And they washed themselves; you can’t break traditions because of the foam.



The girls are having fun. At the same time, they were well dressed, different classes of society came to worship the deity

Wild numbers

Interesting data from scientists. Only 2% of the total length of the Yamuna passes through New Delhi. And during this stretch, 76% of all pollutants in the river enter the water.



Beauty, surrealism and TOXIC WASTE

And still, people down the river take water from it for washing and even drink. There's simply nowhere else to go.

What do Hindus do with prohibitions?



These photographs look like surrealism. Even artists can’t imagine this, what’s going on in reality

The government BANNED ablution, knowing about the upcoming holiday. Ammonia levels rose again on the 8th, and air pollution on the IQAir scale was 517 points. For comparison, in Shanghai there are now 20 points.

But Indians ignored any prohibitions and even posted selfies from the foamy river. In general, I already wrote about the record for the number of deaths due to selfies in India.



The kids are having fun, explain it to them, don’t explain it to them

Authorities tried to remove the foam with bamboo nets, but there was too much of it. Then they called the firefighters to pour clean water on the foam.

Which only caused ridicule, because it’s just that ordinary people don’t have enough clean water, so they wash their clothes in the river. Plus, it looks like putting out a fire with gasoline.



An attempt to remove foam with nets is a failure

Mary's measures look rather ostentatious. The authorities have no real levers to stop the environmental catastrophe.

Well, at this stage nothing can be done about the Indians. They want to bathe in poisonous foam - and they will. And we have no choice but to watch.