Discharge from slaughterhouses; sugar, paper and chemical units making Hindon, Kali dirty. Effluent discharged from sugar and paper mills, slaughter houses, and chemical industries in Uttar Pradesh are deteriorating the water quality in the Hindon, so much so that the water is not fit for bathing. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Wednesday submitted an affidavit in the National Green Tribunal showing that the water in the Hindon does not meet the prescribed standard of primary water quality criteria for bathing. The affidavit came to be submitted in a petition alleging that people from Gangnolli, Daha, Sankrod, Brouda and Sarthi villages were suffering from cancer due to discharge of highly toxic and harmful effluent in the Kali, Krishna and Hindon rivers of Western Uttar Pradesh. The plea filed by non-government organisation Jai Hind through advocate Gaurav Kumar Bansal claims that nearly 100 people have died in the past two years due to consumption of contaminated water at Gangnoli village. The CPCB said, “The averments relate to water quality in the Kali, Krishna and Hindon, which finally meets the Yamuna. The water quality of the said river deteriorated due to effluent discharged from sugar mills, paper mills, slaughter houses and other chemical industries.” It said the CPCB, along with the State Pollution Control Boards, monitors river water quality across the country on a monthly basis and disseminating water quality data. “The analytical results of the Hindon reveal that its water quality does not meet the prescribed standard of primary water quality criteria for bathing water as per the notification under the Environment (Protection) Rules with respect to dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, total coliform, and pH,” it added.