Pali's Bandi River: A 40-Year Poisonous Threat; Administration Ignores Disaster Warnings

• Pali's Bandi River is severely polluted by untreated industrial wastewater, causing widespread health issues like kidney, heart, and cancer, and damaging agriculture.
• The pollution, ongoing for 40 years, affects Pali and 70 surrounding villages, with farmers forced to use contaminated water, leading to unsellable crops and livestock deterioration.
• Retired Justice Sangeet Lodha and his team inspected the river, expressing strong displeasure over the waste and administrative inaction despite NGT orders.
• Residents fear a major health disaster similar to Indore's contaminated water crisis, as the administration has repeatedly ignored complaints and warnings.
• The contaminated water, described as "poison," is causing land to become barren and is affecting people's health through respiration and consumption.

Why It Matters: Pali's Bandi River pollution, a 40-year crisis, poses a severe health and agricultural threat due to administrative inaction.