‘What fear?’: Hindus bathe in frothy, polluted Indian river
By Shonal Ganguly and Altaf Qadri, Associated Press
Killeen Daily Herald
November 10, 2021
One of India's most sacred rivers appears to be coated with a thick layer of snow. Except it isn't.
A vast stretch of the Yamuna river is covered with white toxic foam, caused in part by pollutants discharged from industries ringing New Delhi.
Still, on Wednesday hundreds of Hindu devotees stood knee-deep in its frothy, toxic waters, sometimes even immersing themselves for a holy dip to mark the festival of Chhath Puja.