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Visegrad (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Jan 6 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Fehim Demir) An artificial lake of a hydroelectric power station on the Drina River is shown covered by 4,000 cubic meters of rubbish brought by the waters of the neighbouring state of Montenegro.FOOTAGE OF THE RIVER.
Dozens of dredging boats manned by illegal miners are searching for gold in the Madeira River, one of the main rivers in the Brazilian Amazon, following rumours of a recent discovery of the mineral, the environmental organisation Greenpeace said.
One of India's holiest rivers was coated with toxic foam on Monday, adding to the woes of New Delhi residents already enduring a blanket of thick smog over the capital. The Yamuna is already one of the most polluted waterways in the country but parts of the river, which courses through the centre of Delhi, were coated in mounds of white foam resembling snowfall.
Toxic foam covers India's sacred Yamuna river
One of India's holiest rivers - the Yamuna - is coated with toxic foam, adding to the woes of New Delhi residents already enduring a blanket of thick smog over the capital. The city government has blamed the blight on "heavy sewage and industrial waste" discharged into the river from further upstream last week. But it didn't stop several Hindu worshippers from taking a dip in the river to mark Chhath Puja, a four-day festival to offer prayers to the sun.
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