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Industrial pollution turns Nepals Sirsiya river toxic, impacting Indias border communities

Suresh Bidari When 38-year-old Pradeep Kumar Bishwokarma was growing up in Ramgadhawa, a neighbourhood in southern Nepals industrial town of Birgunj, he would jump into the Sirsiya river to beat the summer heat as his mother washed clothes and residents drew drinking water from it. Today, Bishwokarma and his fellow residents of the border town [] The post Industrial pollution turns Nepals Sirsiya river toxic, impacting Indias border communities appeared first on NorthEast Now .

25 Jan 2026 2:42 pm