India: How our clothes cause water pollution

[@paragrinfalcon]

I lived close to this town. The river itself is completely destroyed. It's just sewage, chemicals and dyes now.

[@dausdk]

Stay strong my brother

[@sciencewizard2861]

@@andersgale9544 people near the ghanges be like:

[@karanparmar4754]

@@andersgale9544 yeah and he will get superpowers after bathing unless he is a villain then he will turn into ugly mutated creature.

[@saiprayastha7141]

So now you can understand what have destroyed your river

[@saiprayastha7141]

So are you acting upon it??

[@jackkraken3888]

"The developed countries are outsourcing their pollution" Damn that hits hard.

[@alixmordant489]

Ahm, is that not common knowledge??!

[@DWPlanetA]

Hi Jack, we get it! Have you seen this video, which develops on this topic a bit more: "Your plastic waste might be traded by criminals" kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnqnXnR5nbiabdE

[@Mermedon24]

Yes I shit on my floor because of american mcdonald's sell me burger.

[@Thingsyourollup]

Just because they allow foreign corporations to operate in their country doesnt also mean they have to allow them to pollute. Seems more of an issue with priorities of economic growth over welfare and wellbeing of the population by the Indian government.

[@jackkraken3888]

@@alixmordant489 I guess I hadn't seen it worded that way.

[@prajwalshetty9809]

Sell your eyes and get a movie in return, what a line!

[@thatguy6442]

Golden words, very less get it

[@StreetHierarchy]

The Gift of the Magi

[@shivakoliar4846]

How To Live In Harmony With Nature And Reduce Pollution 1. Many Production Companies Which We Do Not Need Actually For Human Beings Has To Be Stopped We manufacture so many products and it is creating pollution. So if we minimise our products, pollution would be less. We produce so many things which we do not need, like cold drinks, leather products, potato wafers, chips, fruit juices, chocolates, biscuits, pickles, ice creams, etc. Cold drinks, fruit juices, pickles, ice creams, etc. Should be cooked at home only. If we stopped producing this things which are not required for humans, so much pollution could be reduced. If we colour the clothes pollution occurs. So if we don't colour our clothes, the pollution resulting from colouring the clothes can be stopped. Let everything remain in white natural colour. 2. We Should Cook Foods In Its Natural Form We can cook rice and wheat in our homes and eat it. Rice and Wheat is produced in farms. Then it is packed and transported to big warehouses, then wholesalers buy from them and supply to retail shops. But if a manufacturing company makes bread from rice and wheat, then to make bread a manufacturing company has to be set up, machines and working staffs are needed. When a company is built many other things are also needed. Then at last a plastic pack is required to pack the breads. So if we start cooking eatable things in its natural form then we do not need many companies like bread manufacturing company, tomato ketchup, noodles, fruit jam, pizza, burger, etc., the things required for the company and the plastic pack, paper box pack and glass bottles. If done like this, so many companies will not be required and hence less pollution for the world. Also we could save our money like this. If you buy a packet of bread, it would cost you more money than if you cook wheat and rice in home. Previously before industrial revolution, we didn't have technology, but our foods were rich with nutrients. Now we have technology, but technology is polluting our foods and our foods are not rich with nutrients, and because of that also we have health problems. If this is done, then many jobs would be lost. For that many peoples should do farming and they should be given loans if they do not have enough money to start farming on their own. Food, Medicines, Surgeries and Education's should be made free to the world till the world settles down with farming. After that food, medicines, surgeries and education's should be stopped free to the world. Many people should study botany subject so that they have knowledge of plants and they should do farming. Is their any another solution, that humans won't lose jobs and also pollution would decrease. Humans have to take this step certainly instead of going on polluting the earth, making wildlife extinct and also mass extinctions of humans in future. 3. Electricity Pollution We create electricity from many types of sources like coal, water, etc., but it creates pollution. If electricity created from windmill and solar energy then no pollution occurs in the creation process. But still to manufacture windmill and solar machines pollution would occur. As I previously said that if we shut down many manufacturing companies which are producing things which are not needed for humans, then the world would not require so much electricity. If less electricity required, then less pollution generated. 4. Could We Stop Drinking Cow's and Buffalo's Milk Whatever vitamins and nutrients we get from milk, if we can get it from other eatable things, then we can stop drinking cow's and buffalo's milk. As milk has to be packed in glass bottles and plastic packs and then transported to places. All of this can be stopped. For infants whose mother's have died or mother's who cannot breast feed their infants, only for them cow's and buffalo's milk should be given. We use milk in tea and coffee. Instead of milk we must use lime with tea and coffee or just plain tea and coffee. A lime should be cut into a few pieces and cooked with tea and coffee or something else can be used instead of lime. 5. How Much Should Be The World's Population Every place should have a single house. No buildings, everything ground floor. If we do this and the whole lands of our planet earth would be occupied one day with homes, farms, forests, schools, hospitals, etc., then we would come to know how much our planet earth can have maximum population. Once the population is determined, then we have to maintain that population. For example if our earth can have a population of 10 billion peoples, then when the population reaches 10 billion, then everyone should have only one child till the population reaches 9 billion peoples. As if we have only one child then the population decreases. When population is 9 billion peoples, then everyone should have 2 children's till the population reaches 10 billion peoples. After that again we should have only one child. In this way population can be maintained.

[@1989TheAmrita]

So proud of the reporter and love her free spirit of interaction

[@lisa._.the._.lovely]

This crossed my mind, too! I admired her skill reporting this

[@ADCFproductions]

@Matthew M well ... that got weird really fast.

[@ADCFproductions]

@Matthew M but how could you possibly know any of that?

[@ADCFproductions]

@Matthew M okay... but using what and keeps what clean though?

[@ladyselenafelicitywhite1596]

I buy most of my clothes from charity shops as they are second hand. That is reused. Climate change and pollution are things should worry about too. However, we can take action as individuals. Planting trees is one way, protecting the environment is another. There are ways we can plant trees and protect the environment for free. Here are two examples below. 🙏😘 If you care about the environment please consider switching your search engine to Ecosia? They are just like Google, but give all their profits on reforestation and afforestation projects. They also use 200% renewable energy and every search offsets approximately 1kg/2lb of Carbon Dioxide. 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳 Ecosia also protects your privacy and does not sell your data to third parties. Please also consider using thenonprofits website. It can also be found as 70 clicks to donate. All the clicks cost you nothing as they use advertising money. They plant trees, protect forests, and help many humanitarian and animal causes. 🙂😘

[@bloggerblogg5878]

I see this problem in small. For example: a creek near my grandparents place was so clean when I was a small child we can use it for cooking, but slowly, slowly started to get dirtier and dirtier now we only can use to water plants we can't even give the animals to drink. I remember I went to the creek bare feet and played there but now is polluted we can't do anymore. One thing I don't understand why people throw the trash into the creek or rivers or dirty water? We poison ourselves with it, and they don't realize that.

[@carmichaelmoritz8662]

could it be that most people just do not care

[@bloggerblogg5878]

@@carmichaelmoritz8662 This is the real problem.

[@lugiamastero13]

That's actually quite sad but from what I've noticed from other people who don't care about this, they see a bunch of trash in a already dirty water or river and they just toss it there as if it was some sort of convenient trashcan they just expect someone else to show up and clean it up for payment but they do realize just how bad their actions get when multiple people constantly dump their trash where it doesn't belong because of mere convenience and not having to waste time tracking proper areas for trash disposal I quite frankly hate how people think like that but until they learn about why it's bad pollution will only keep getting worse

[@kumarules118]

@@carmichaelmoritz8662 Yes, the perfect example of Tragedy of the Commons

[@shivakoliar4846]

How To Live In Harmony With Nature And Reduce Pollution 1. Many Production Companies Which We Do Not Need Actually For Human Beings Has To Be Stopped We manufacture so many products and it is creating pollution. So if we minimise our products, pollution would be less. We produce so many things which we do not need, like cold drinks, leather products, potato wafers, chips, fruit juices, chocolates, biscuits, pickles, ice creams, etc. Cold drinks, fruit juices, pickles, ice creams, etc. Should be cooked at home only. If we stopped producing this things which are not required for humans, so much pollution could be reduced. If we colour the clothes pollution occurs. So if we don't colour our clothes, the pollution resulting from colouring the clothes can be stopped. Let everything remain in white natural colour. 2. We Should Cook Foods In Its Natural Form We can cook rice and wheat in our homes and eat it. Rice and Wheat is produced in farms. Then it is packed and transported to big warehouses, then wholesalers buy from them and supply to retail shops. But if a manufacturing company makes bread from rice and wheat, then to make bread a manufacturing company has to be set up, machines and working staffs are needed. When a company is built many other things are also needed. Then at last a plastic pack is required to pack the breads. So if we start cooking eatable things in its natural form then we do not need many companies like bread manufacturing company, tomato ketchup, noodles, fruit jam, pizza, burger, etc., the things required for the company and the plastic pack, paper box pack and glass bottles. If done like this, so many companies will not be required and hence less pollution for the world. Also we could save our money like this. If you buy a packet of bread, it would cost you more money than if you cook wheat and rice in home. Previously before industrial revolution, we didn't have technology, but our foods were rich with nutrients. Now we have technology, but technology is polluting our foods and our foods are not rich with nutrients, and because of that also we have health problems. If this is done, then many jobs would be lost. For that many peoples should do farming and they should be given loans if they do not have enough money to start farming on their own. Food, Medicines, Surgeries and Education's should be made free to the world till the world settles down with farming. After that food, medicines, surgeries and education's should be stopped free to the world. Many people should study botany subject so that they have knowledge of plants and they should do farming. Is their any another solution, that humans won't lose jobs and also pollution would decrease. Humans have to take this step certainly instead of going on polluting the earth, making wildlife extinct and also mass extinctions of humans in future. 3. Electricity Pollution We create electricity from many types of sources like coal, water, etc., but it creates pollution. If electricity created from windmill and solar energy then no pollution occurs in the creation process. But still to manufacture windmill and solar machines pollution would occur. As I previously said that if we shut down many manufacturing companies which are producing things which are not needed for humans, then the world would not require so much electricity. If less electricity required, then less pollution generated. 4. Could We Stop Drinking Cow's and Buffalo's Milk Whatever vitamins and nutrients we get from milk, if we can get it from other eatable things, then we can stop drinking cow's and buffalo's milk. As milk has to be packed in glass bottles and plastic packs and then transported to places. All of this can be stopped. For infants whose mother's have died or mother's who cannot breast feed their infants, only for them cow's and buffalo's milk should be given. We use milk in tea and coffee. Instead of milk we must use lime with tea and coffee or just plain tea and coffee. A lime should be cut into a few pieces and cooked with tea and coffee or something else can be used instead of lime. 5. How Much Should Be The World's Population Every place should have a single house. No buildings, everything ground floor. If we do this and the whole lands of our planet earth would be occupied one day with homes, farms, forests, schools, hospitals, etc., then we would come to know how much our planet earth can have maximum population. Once the population is determined, then we have to maintain that population. For example if our earth can have a population of 10 billion peoples, then when the population reaches 10 billion, then everyone should have only one child till the population reaches 9 billion peoples. As if we have only one child then the population decreases. When population is 9 billion peoples, then everyone should have 2 children's till the population reaches 10 billion peoples. After that again we should have only one child. In this way population can be maintained.

[@pepperet5216]

This is an excellent channel, we need more people talking with others about real problems

[@sanjaykumar-wh9ej]

I was going to comment the same

[@mynamea.n.s.s5472]

You’ve had this problem for a very long time mate no one gives enough shit to do anything you just move countries

[@MrChillerNo1]

that's german/central European reporting style. Some US online media have adapted to it too. Sadly US mainstream media has not, there the entertainment and confusion element is still dominant. It has its roots in German enlightenment and leftist milieu. Dismanteling power structure by shedding light onto the problems and showing inaction and careless indifference by those responsible.

[@nituldas9884]

talk talk talk do nothing until we have killed our own planet.. shame on us that people could use a smart phones in a stupid way but still needs to reminded that they're causing trouble to this earth which will cause trouble to them as well

[@sekarmurugaswamy1129]

Why hasn't Madam...aditi...asked the same to the tamilnadu pollution control board...she could hv asked the governing pollution body ....I'm one of the Dyer here in tirupur . ...i request the channel maker to approach us....river noyal is carrying all the seweage along its way ...there isn't a sewage treatment plant....the channel must clearly notify the inlet quality of the river before..entering tirupur....& The outlet after tirupur.....there are atleast 20 sub channels which join the main river....u shld also check their inlet quality of this sub channels....& Adding to this the quality of the ground waters....I'm not justifying anyone's action....there would be some fraudalant units .....but u shldnt label everyone into that category....let the quality parameters speak for itself....let it be more factual....I hope the channel contact us ...tq...

[@mohdazminishak6387]

If India strengthen the regulation, those corporations simply pack up and find the next victim…the cycle continues

[@furzekake1]

every country needs to do that. sadly corruption and money talks more than the environment.

[@shivakoliar4846]

How To Live In Harmony With Nature And Reduce Pollution 1. Many Production Companies Which We Do Not Need Actually For Human Beings Has To Be Stopped We manufacture so many products and it is creating pollution. So if we minimise our products, pollution would be less. We produce so many things which we do not need, like cold drinks, leather products, potato wafers, chips, fruit juices, chocolates, biscuits, pickles, ice creams, etc. Cold drinks, fruit juices, pickles, ice creams, etc. Should be cooked at home only. If we stopped producing this things which are not required for humans, so much pollution could be reduced. If we colour the clothes pollution occurs. So if we don't colour our clothes, the pollution resulting from colouring the clothes can be stopped. Let everything remain in white natural colour. 2. We Should Cook Foods In Its Natural Form We can cook rice and wheat in our homes and eat it. Rice and Wheat is produced in farms. Then it is packed and transported to big warehouses, then wholesalers buy from them and supply to retail shops. But if a manufacturing company makes bread from rice and wheat, then to make bread a manufacturing company has to be set up, machines and working staffs are needed. When a company is built many other things are also needed. Then at last a plastic pack is required to pack the breads. So if we start cooking eatable things in its natural form then we do not need many companies like bread manufacturing company, tomato ketchup, noodles, fruit jam, pizza, burger, etc., the things required for the company and the plastic pack, paper box pack and glass bottles. If done like this, so many companies will not be required and hence less pollution for the world. Also we could save our money like this. If you buy a packet of bread, it would cost you more money than if you cook wheat and rice in home. Previously before industrial revolution, we didn't have technology, but our foods were rich with nutrients. Now we have technology, but technology is polluting our foods and our foods are not rich with nutrients, and because of that also we have health problems. If this is done, then many jobs would be lost. For that many peoples should do farming and they should be given loans if they do not have enough money to start farming on their own. Food, Medicines, Surgeries and Education's should be made free to the world till the world settles down with farming. After that food, medicines, surgeries and education's should be stopped free to the world. Many people should study botany subject so that they have knowledge of plants and they should do farming. Is their any another solution, that humans won't lose jobs and also pollution would decrease. Humans have to take this step certainly instead of going on polluting the earth, making wildlife extinct and also mass extinctions of humans in future. 3. Electricity Pollution We create electricity from many types of sources like coal, water, etc., but it creates pollution. If electricity created from windmill and solar energy then no pollution occurs in the creation process. But still to manufacture windmill and solar machines pollution would occur. As I previously said that if we shut down many manufacturing companies which are producing things which are not needed for humans, then the world would not require so much electricity. If less electricity required, then less pollution generated. 4. Could We Stop Drinking Cow's and Buffalo's Milk Whatever vitamins and nutrients we get from milk, if we can get it from other eatable things, then we can stop drinking cow's and buffalo's milk. As milk has to be packed in glass bottles and plastic packs and then transported to places. All of this can be stopped. For infants whose mother's have died or mother's who cannot breast feed their infants, only for them cow's and buffalo's milk should be given. We use milk in tea and coffee. Instead of milk we must use lime with tea and coffee or just plain tea and coffee. A lime should be cut into a few pieces and cooked with tea and coffee or something else can be used instead of lime. 5. How Much Should Be The World's Population Every place should have a single house. No buildings, everything ground floor. If we do this and the whole lands of our planet earth would be occupied one day with homes, farms, forests, schools, hospitals, etc., then we would come to know how much our planet earth can have maximum population. Once the population is determined, then we have to maintain that population. For example if our earth can have a population of 10 billion peoples, then when the population reaches 10 billion, then everyone should have only one child till the population reaches 9 billion peoples. As if we have only one child then the population decreases. When population is 9 billion peoples, then everyone should have 2 children's till the population reaches 10 billion peoples. After that again we should have only one child. In this way population can be maintained.

[@green___apple]

Congratulations people of Adania!

[@AshuSinghthealkiddo]

Real Journalism. Keep up the honest work. Thanks for these Indian issues.👏

[@DWPlanetA]

Many thanks!

[@apoorvat2632]

dw is German , that's why they address real issues whereas Indian media doesn't care

[@sekarmurugaswamy1129]

Why hasn't Madam...aditi...asked the same to the tamilnadu pollution control board...she could hv asked the governing pollution body ....I'm one of the Dyer here in tirupur . ...i request the channel maker to approach us....river noyal is carrying all the seweage along its way ...there isn't a sewage treatment plant....the channel must clearly notify the inlet quality of the river before..entering tirupur....& The outlet after tirupur.....there are atleast 20 sub channels which join the main river....u shld also check their inlet quality of this sub channels....& Adding to this the quality of the ground waters....I'm not justifying anyone's action....there would be some fraudalant units .....but u shldnt label everyone into that category....let the quality parameters speak for itself....let it be more factual....I hope the channel contact us ...tq...

[@shivakoliar4846]

How To Live In Harmony With Nature And Reduce Pollution 1. Many Production Companies Which We Do Not Need Actually For Human Beings Has To Be Stopped We manufacture so many products and it is creating pollution. So if we minimise our products, pollution would be less. We produce so many things which we do not need, like cold drinks, leather products, potato wafers, chips, fruit juices, chocolates, biscuits, pickles, ice creams, etc. Cold drinks, fruit juices, pickles, ice creams, etc. Should be cooked at home only. If we stopped producing this things which are not required for humans, so much pollution could be reduced. If we colour the clothes pollution occurs. So if we don't colour our clothes, the pollution resulting from colouring the clothes can be stopped. Let everything remain in white natural colour. 2. We Should Cook Foods In Its Natural Form We can cook rice and wheat in our homes and eat it. Rice and Wheat is produced in farms. Then it is packed and transported to big warehouses, then wholesalers buy from them and supply to retail shops. But if a manufacturing company makes bread from rice and wheat, then to make bread a manufacturing company has to be set up, machines and working staffs are needed. When a company is built many other things are also needed. Then at last a plastic pack is required to pack the breads. So if we start cooking eatable things in its natural form then we do not need many companies like bread manufacturing company, tomato ketchup, noodles, fruit jam, pizza, burger, etc., the things required for the company and the plastic pack, paper box pack and glass bottles. If done like this, so many companies will not be required and hence less pollution for the world. Also we could save our money like this. If you buy a packet of bread, it would cost you more money than if you cook wheat and rice in home. Previously before industrial revolution, we didn't have technology, but our foods were rich with nutrients. Now we have technology, but technology is polluting our foods and our foods are not rich with nutrients, and because of that also we have health problems. If this is done, then many jobs would be lost. For that many peoples should do farming and they should be given loans if they do not have enough money to start farming on their own. Food, Medicines, Surgeries and Education's should be made free to the world till the world settles down with farming. After that food, medicines, surgeries and education's should be stopped free to the world. Many people should study botany subject so that they have knowledge of plants and they should do farming. Is their any another solution, that humans won't lose jobs and also pollution would decrease. Humans have to take this step certainly instead of going on polluting the earth, making wildlife extinct and also mass extinctions of humans in future. 3. Electricity Pollution We create electricity from many types of sources like coal, water, etc., but it creates pollution. If electricity created from windmill and solar energy then no pollution occurs in the creation process. But still to manufacture windmill and solar machines pollution would occur. As I previously said that if we shut down many manufacturing companies which are producing things which are not needed for humans, then the world would not require so much electricity. If less electricity required, then less pollution generated. 4. Could We Stop Drinking Cow's and Buffalo's Milk Whatever vitamins and nutrients we get from milk, if we can get it from other eatable things, then we can stop drinking cow's and buffalo's milk. As milk has to be packed in glass bottles and plastic packs and then transported to places. All of this can be stopped. For infants whose mother's have died or mother's who cannot breast feed their infants, only for them cow's and buffalo's milk should be given. We use milk in tea and coffee. Instead of milk we must use lime with tea and coffee or just plain tea and coffee. A lime should be cut into a few pieces and cooked with tea and coffee or something else can be used instead of lime. 5. How Much Should Be The World's Population Every place should have a single house. No buildings, everything ground floor. If we do this and the whole lands of our planet earth would be occupied one day with homes, farms, forests, schools, hospitals, etc., then we would come to know how much our planet earth can have maximum population. Once the population is determined, then we have to maintain that population. For example if our earth can have a population of 10 billion peoples, then when the population reaches 10 billion, then everyone should have only one child till the population reaches 9 billion peoples. As if we have only one child then the population decreases. When population is 9 billion peoples, then everyone should have 2 children's till the population reaches 10 billion peoples. After that again we should have only one child. In this way population can be maintained.

[@sekarmurugaswamy1129]

@@shivakoliar4846 very good ... Vasudeva kudumbum....the earth is the family....

[@louis430]

Thanks for the information. I never believed in buying clothes just for fashion. I still wear clothes that are over 10 to 25 years old. Washing clothes can extend their life for a long time. Time to judge people for who they are and their substance not their artificial appearances with no substance. The environment is what sustains us.

[@carolwilliams8511]

Totally! I am trying to reduce my consumption of everything, not just clothes - buying second hand, re-using or repurposing things and deciding that I don't really need more stuff anyway, I already have too much, and am creating too much plastic waste. I live in the UK.

[@XVeganDaveGodFreeX]

👍👍👍

[@shivakoliar4846]

How To Live In Harmony With Nature And Reduce Pollution 1. Many Production Companies Which We Do Not Need Actually For Human Beings Has To Be Stopped We manufacture so many products and it is creating pollution. So if we minimise our products, pollution would be less. We produce so many things which we do not need, like cold drinks, leather products, potato wafers, chips, fruit juices, chocolates, biscuits, pickles, ice creams, etc. Cold drinks, fruit juices, pickles, ice creams, etc. Should be cooked at home only. If we stopped producing this things which are not required for humans, so much pollution could be reduced. If we colour the clothes pollution occurs. So if we don't colour our clothes, the pollution resulting from colouring the clothes can be stopped. Let everything remain in white natural colour. 2. We Should Cook Foods In Its Natural Form We can cook rice and wheat in our homes and eat it. Rice and Wheat is produced in farms. Then it is packed and transported to big warehouses, then wholesalers buy from them and supply to retail shops. But if a manufacturing company makes bread from rice and wheat, then to make bread a manufacturing company has to be set up, machines and working staffs are needed. When a company is built many other things are also needed. Then at last a plastic pack is required to pack the breads. So if we start cooking eatable things in its natural form then we do not need many companies like bread manufacturing company, tomato ketchup, noodles, fruit jam, pizza, burger, etc., the things required for the company and the plastic pack, paper box pack and glass bottles. If done like this, so many companies will not be required and hence less pollution for the world. Also we could save our money like this. If you buy a packet of bread, it would cost you more money than if you cook wheat and rice in home. Previously before industrial revolution, we didn't have technology, but our foods were rich with nutrients. Now we have technology, but technology is polluting our foods and our foods are not rich with nutrients, and because of that also we have health problems. If this is done, then many jobs would be lost. For that many peoples should do farming and they should be given loans if they do not have enough money to start farming on their own. Food, Medicines, Surgeries and Education's should be made free to the world till the world settles down with farming. After that food, medicines, surgeries and education's should be stopped free to the world. Many people should study botany subject so that they have knowledge of plants and they should do farming. Is their any another solution, that humans won't lose jobs and also pollution would decrease. Humans have to take this step certainly instead of going on polluting the earth, making wildlife extinct and also mass extinctions of humans in future. 3. Electricity Pollution We create electricity from many types of sources like coal, water, etc., but it creates pollution. If electricity created from windmill and solar energy then no pollution occurs in the creation process. But still to manufacture windmill and solar machines pollution would occur. As I previously said that if we shut down many manufacturing companies which are producing things which are not needed for humans, then the world would not require so much electricity. If less electricity required, then less pollution generated. 4. Could We Stop Drinking Cow's and Buffalo's Milk Whatever vitamins and nutrients we get from milk, if we can get it from other eatable things, then we can stop drinking cow's and buffalo's milk. As milk has to be packed in glass bottles and plastic packs and then transported to places. All of this can be stopped. For infants whose mother's have died or mother's who cannot breast feed their infants, only for them cow's and buffalo's milk should be given. We use milk in tea and coffee. Instead of milk we must use lime with tea and coffee or just plain tea and coffee. A lime should be cut into a few pieces and cooked with tea and coffee or something else can be used instead of lime. 5. How Much Should Be The World's Population Every place should have a single house. No buildings, everything ground floor. If we do this and the whole lands of our planet earth would be occupied one day with homes, farms, forests, schools, hospitals, etc., then we would come to know how much our planet earth can have maximum population. Once the population is determined, then we have to maintain that population. For example if our earth can have a population of 10 billion peoples, then when the population reaches 10 billion, then everyone should have only one child till the population reaches 9 billion peoples. As if we have only one child then the population decreases. When population is 9 billion peoples, then everyone should have 2 children's till the population reaches 10 billion peoples. After that again we should have only one child. In this way population can be maintained.

[@evenskial1063]

Yes, the Indian manufacturers are the main culprits choosing profit over environment but the big retail brands who source these 'cheap' products should also pay to clean up this river and implement a long term solution. This is another example of western nations sourcing cheap products, sold at huge markups to retail customers, without consideration of how their manufacture could be harmfully affecting the environment in the source country. Thank you to DW Planet A for another great documentary.

[@ladyselenafelicitywhite1596]

A good way to avoid this issue is to buy second hand clothes from charity shops.

[@evenskial1063]

@@ladyselenafelicitywhite1596 Totally with you, I love buying clothes from charity shops, wish more people did this.

[@ladyselenafelicitywhite1596]

@@evenskial1063 absolutely. I have been buying things from charity shops for decades. There are so many things you can buy second hand from charity shops.

[@evenskial1063]

@@ladyselenafelicitywhite1596 I love swimming in rivers. Always sad to see one suffering abuse. Sadly it happens all over the world.

[@ladyselenafelicitywhite1596]

@@evenskial1063 I must admit, I have never swam in a river. I agree with you about polluting rivers, it breaks my heart how much damage humans are doing to the planet. One thing you can do to help clean rivers is to plant trees and protect forests. There is a website called Ecosia, it's just like Google, but all their profits go to planting trees.

[@krishnaSagar69]

This is some real journalism. Sadly you guys are the only ones who are highlighting the issue to the global stage.

[@shivakoliar4846]

How To Live In Harmony With Nature And Reduce Pollution 1. Many Production Companies Which We Do Not Need Actually For Human Beings Has To Be Stopped We manufacture so many products and it is creating pollution. So if we minimise our products, pollution would be less. We produce so many things which we do not need, like cold drinks, leather products, potato wafers, chips, fruit juices, chocolates, biscuits, pickles, ice creams, etc. Cold drinks, fruit juices, pickles, ice creams, etc. Should be cooked at home only. If we stopped producing this things which are not required for humans, so much pollution could be reduced. If we colour the clothes pollution occurs. So if we don't colour our clothes, the pollution resulting from colouring the clothes can be stopped. Let everything remain in white natural colour. 2. We Should Cook Foods In Its Natural Form We can cook rice and wheat in our homes and eat it. Rice and Wheat is produced in farms. Then it is packed and transported to big warehouses, then wholesalers buy from them and supply to retail shops. But if a manufacturing company makes bread from rice and wheat, then to make bread a manufacturing company has to be set up, machines and working staffs are needed. When a company is built many other things are also needed. Then at last a plastic pack is required to pack the breads. So if we start cooking eatable things in its natural form then we do not need many companies like bread manufacturing company, tomato ketchup, noodles, fruit jam, pizza, burger, etc., the things required for the company and the plastic pack, paper box pack and glass bottles. If done like this, so many companies will not be required and hence less pollution for the world. Also we could save our money like this. If you buy a packet of bread, it would cost you more money than if you cook wheat and rice in home. Previously before industrial revolution, we didn't have technology, but our foods were rich with nutrients. Now we have technology, but technology is polluting our foods and our foods are not rich with nutrients, and because of that also we have health problems. If this is done, then many jobs would be lost. For that many peoples should do farming and they should be given loans if they do not have enough money to start farming on their own. Food, Medicines, Surgeries and Education's should be made free to the world till the world settles down with farming. After that food, medicines, surgeries and education's should be stopped free to the world. Many people should study botany subject so that they have knowledge of plants and they should do farming. Is their any another solution, that humans won't lose jobs and also pollution would decrease. Humans have to take this step certainly instead of going on polluting the earth, making wildlife extinct and also mass extinctions of humans in future. 3. Electricity Pollution We create electricity from many types of sources like coal, water, etc., but it creates pollution. If electricity created from windmill and solar energy then no pollution occurs in the creation process. But still to manufacture windmill and solar machines pollution would occur. As I previously said that if we shut down many manufacturing companies which are producing things which are not needed for humans, then the world would not require so much electricity. If less electricity required, then less pollution generated. 4. Could We Stop Drinking Cow's and Buffalo's Milk Whatever vitamins and nutrients we get from milk, if we can get it from other eatable things, then we can stop drinking cow's and buffalo's milk. As milk has to be packed in glass bottles and plastic packs and then transported to places. All of this can be stopped. For infants whose mother's have died or mother's who cannot breast feed their infants, only for them cow's and buffalo's milk should be given. We use milk in tea and coffee. Instead of milk we must use lime with tea and coffee or just plain tea and coffee. A lime should be cut into a few pieces and cooked with tea and coffee or something else can be used instead of lime. 5. How Much Should Be The World's Population Every place should have a single house. No buildings, everything ground floor. If we do this and the whole lands of our planet earth would be occupied one day with homes, farms, forests, schools, hospitals, etc., then we would come to know how much our planet earth can have maximum population. Once the population is determined, then we have to maintain that population. For example if our earth can have a population of 10 billion peoples, then when the population reaches 10 billion, then everyone should have only one child till the population reaches 9 billion peoples. As if we have only one child then the population decreases. When population is 9 billion peoples, then everyone should have 2 children's till the population reaches 10 billion peoples. After that again we should have only one child. In this way population can be maintained.

[@JanitaShowaars]

It’s interesting how the river is sacred to them but they pollute it… it’s so unfortunate and a bit ironic

[@ADCFproductions]

Just like the Ganges. I've seen a documentary about it and the pollution is insane. There were even dead animals and dead people flowing down stream

[@ph6263]

Yes every river is sacred for us , Hindus , until some idiots throw sacred and temple wastes wrapped in plastic bags into river. But even if those idiots stopped that , there is another idiot that is government which never able to make treatment plants for such a massive population instead they are spending lots of money on idiotic stuffs.

[@ADCFproductions]

@@ph6263 this is the problem with most governments in the world unfortunately :( I'm sorry you have to live through that. Still blows my freakin mind knowing that Bezos spent over 5 billion dollars to be in space for 10 minutes and there are people in this world with no access to the most basic thing in the world : clean water.

[@ph6263]

@@ADCFproductions yes absolutely right. First provide basic things to people and then invest on anything that you want.

[@ilovepakistanitea1378]

@@ph6263 why dont the government hunt thoses idiots just like they hunt those ppl for eating cow meat ?

[@arunkarthick7031]

Iam from Tiruppur and i operate a dyeing factory and all of the facts are true but there are a lot of improvements being done, my factory is a zero discharge factory, 100 Percent of the effluents are treated and iam still profitable, the only reason the rivers are being polluted is because of the greed to earn more profits, the factories in Tiruppur have reduced in number because they just go to the nearby district where the rules don't apply, so the long term solution for it is stricter monitoring of the industry and implementation of zero discharge rule pan India cuz the truth to be said it's way way way worser in cities like Bangalore, ahemdabad etc etc, astonishing? Yes after implantation of rules in Tiruppur dyeing units factories started spreading pan India, Bangalore is a hotspot for factories as they don't concentrate much on the sector as it makes a really small part of its economy. Bottom line is unless factory owners become ethical and governments get stringent with the laws this is gonna continue.

[@Vamshk]

We Indian consumers have to buy only Western/foreign company brands and give them Huge profits.. So, let's target the Indian companies as they are causing more pollution.. Indian companies should go into losses and its duty of every educated Indian citizen.

[@jasonmiller3011]

@@Vamshk educated people in India are very less .

[@MrDuLukes]

When i clicked on this video, I anticipated something entirely different. Like waterpollution by washing my already bought clothes. This is a highly complex issue, i honestly haven't thought about much before. I live in Germany, I do try to be somewhat sustainable, but I do think more could be done. What people need to realise is, we're basically intoxicating ourselves. Governments are way to profit oriented - at least in Germany, and care little for any healthrisks, especially if it's in another country. The "free market" will never regulate itself concerning enviromental and healthissues, it needs to be regulated by the state. It is where jobs can be created, technology advanced, life comfort expanded and the planet can be kept healthy. The world is shrinking rapidly, we need more wakeup calls like this video.

[@l4n1skyy]

I feel like it's not new technology that we need but a new mindset. I'm glad people are realizing the importance of nature, I hope I can somehow help in all this someday!

[@vladaguljas4258]

Sure you can... Stop using detergent for starters

[@zakosist]

I think we need cleaner energy sources. But a whole bunch of changes could be done with the technology we have today, an that should be first priorety. Better technology wont solve half the problem if society dont change some habits

[@amritaparida3992]

7:25 "Selling your eye then buying a movie"...he summarized it perfectly.

[@priyaaditya309]

Was just watching tribals in Guatemala dyeing their clothes with natural dyes. They wore such colorful clothes. Why can't we dye clothes with colours made from natural sources. The paints used in ancient Buddhist paintings have stood the test of time. Surely natural dyes will help us have vibrant clothes and protect the environment as well...

[@rusdanibudiwicaksono1879]

Because in general, it was cheaper, especially if you consider the labor required to made natural dye. Synthetic dye made in massive bulk, cheaper and in general, easier to apply.

[@wsxtgbujm581]

funny how the most ancient beautiful strong yet simple dyes are the most expensive.

[@rusdanibudiwicaksono1879]

@@wsxtgbujm581 Here's the thing: To get to the vibrance, 'strength' comparable to synthetic dyes, you often need several reapplication of dyes. It's a long process; dyeing, resting, dyeing, resting, dyeing, resting etc. It's not strong because of inherent strength of dye, but because it was processed in long times to get the vibrance you want, the dye naturally sticks and permeating the materials deeper over time.

[@Escave734]

@@wsxtgbujm581 Actually nothing simple about them. To get purple is an insane amount of work from hand. That's why only royals used it.

[@Debraj1978]

Natural color leaks color. I remember that happening with all cotton cloths some 20 years back. Not any more. That is because colors are synthetic now. Its basically the market demand and economics.

[@sciencewizard2861]

i actually have my own river, in the dog run, it's technically public land but I'm the only one who takes care of it and cleans it up and keeps it from getting plastic so it's basically mine, although that's debatable as the river is it's own self. I don't necessarily own it, but I do have a relationship with the river

[@joatanpereira4272]

that's actually one of my dreams. take care of your river, you're doing something really important

[@mrluthfians01]

That's kinda gay

[@despacitodaniel801]

Where is it? I'll blow it up

[@sciencewizard2861]

@@mrluthfians01 what are you talking about

[@sciencewizard2861]

@@despacitodaniel801 what is wrong with you

[@maithreyinandakumar4060]

Fantastic Aditi so good to see you following your passion- it comes through in your mini-documentary so well!! 👏🏽👏🏽🥂

[@SnakeBush]

German girls love to go shopping

[@sekarmurugaswamy1129]

Why hasn't Madam...aditi...asked the same to the tamilnadu pollution control board...she could hv asked the governing pollution body ....I'm one of the Dyer here in tirupur . ...i request the channel maker to approach us....river noyal is carrying all the seweage along its way ...there isn't a sewage treatment plant....the channel must clearly notify the inlet quality of the river before..entering tirupur....& The outlet after tirupur.....there are atleast 20 sub channels which join the main river....u shld also check their inlet quality of this sub channels....& Adding to this the quality of the ground waters....I'm not justifying anyone's action....there would be some fraudalant units .....but u shldnt label everyone into that category....let the quality parameters speak for itself....let it be more factual....I hope the channel contact us ...tq...

[@ishagupta4]

After watching this I really feel that we really should reduce our greed for clothes because a time will come we will have a wardrobe full of clothes but no food to eat or fresh water to drink,

[@whut9245]

Absolutely love these mini reports covering absolutely anything, literally turned into my favourite news outlet in a matter of weeks, love you DW!

[@shivakoliar4846]

How To Live In Harmony With Nature And Reduce Pollution 1. Many Production Companies Which We Do Not Need Actually For Human Beings Has To Be Stopped We manufacture so many products and it is creating pollution. So if we minimise our products, pollution would be less. We produce so many things which we do not need, like cold drinks, leather products, potato wafers, chips, fruit juices, chocolates, biscuits, pickles, ice creams, etc. Cold drinks, fruit juices, pickles, ice creams, etc. Should be cooked at home only. If we stopped producing this things which are not required for humans, so much pollution could be reduced. If we colour the clothes pollution occurs. So if we don't colour our clothes, the pollution resulting from colouring the clothes can be stopped. Let everything remain in white natural colour. 2. We Should Cook Foods In Its Natural Form We can cook rice and wheat in our homes and eat it. Rice and Wheat is produced in farms. Then it is packed and transported to big warehouses, then wholesalers buy from them and supply to retail shops. But if a manufacturing company makes bread from rice and wheat, then to make bread a manufacturing company has to be set up, machines and working staffs are needed. When a company is built many other things are also needed. Then at last a plastic pack is required to pack the breads. So if we start cooking eatable things in its natural form then we do not need many companies like bread manufacturing company, tomato ketchup, noodles, fruit jam, pizza, burger, etc., the things required for the company and the plastic pack, paper box pack and glass bottles. If done like this, so many companies will not be required and hence less pollution for the world. Also we could save our money like this. If you buy a packet of bread, it would cost you more money than if you cook wheat and rice in home. Previously before industrial revolution, we didn't have technology, but our foods were rich with nutrients. Now we have technology, but technology is polluting our foods and our foods are not rich with nutrients, and because of that also we have health problems. If this is done, then many jobs would be lost. For that many peoples should do farming and they should be given loans if they do not have enough money to start farming on their own. Food, Medicines, Surgeries and Education's should be made free to the world till the world settles down with farming. After that food, medicines, surgeries and education's should be stopped free to the world. Many people should study botany subject so that they have knowledge of plants and they should do farming. Is their any another solution, that humans won't lose jobs and also pollution would decrease. Humans have to take this step certainly instead of going on polluting the earth, making wildlife extinct and also mass extinctions of humans in future. 3. Electricity Pollution We create electricity from many types of sources like coal, water, etc., but it creates pollution. If electricity created from windmill and solar energy then no pollution occurs in the creation process. But still to manufacture windmill and solar machines pollution would occur. As I previously said that if we shut down many manufacturing companies which are producing things which are not needed for humans, then the world would not require so much electricity. If less electricity required, then less pollution generated. 4. Could We Stop Drinking Cow's and Buffalo's Milk Whatever vitamins and nutrients we get from milk, if we can get it from other eatable things, then we can stop drinking cow's and buffalo's milk. As milk has to be packed in glass bottles and plastic packs and then transported to places. All of this can be stopped. For infants whose mother's have died or mother's who cannot breast feed their infants, only for them cow's and buffalo's milk should be given. We use milk in tea and coffee. Instead of milk we must use lime with tea and coffee or just plain tea and coffee. A lime should be cut into a few pieces and cooked with tea and coffee or something else can be used instead of lime. 5. How Much Should Be The World's Population Every place should have a single house. No buildings, everything ground floor. If we do this and the whole lands of our planet earth would be occupied one day with homes, farms, forests, schools, hospitals, etc., then we would come to know how much our planet earth can have maximum population. Once the population is determined, then we have to maintain that population. For example if our earth can have a population of 10 billion peoples, then when the population reaches 10 billion, then everyone should have only one child till the population reaches 9 billion peoples. As if we have only one child then the population decreases. When population is 9 billion peoples, then everyone should have 2 children's till the population reaches 10 billion peoples. After that again we should have only one child. In this way population can be maintained.

[@bthanb1223]

This reporter is absolutely excellent. More journalism should be like this

[@hhvictor2462]

Glad I was never a slave to fashion.

[@off_mah_lawn2074]

Please more reporting like this! You are one of the few channels that actually still reports real environmental problems.

[@2007risky]

Hats off to the bold journalism shown here for taking on the real source of water pollution. Thanks to the journalist and her coverage. We need to open our eyes. So sad to dwell into this documentary for seeing that a sacred river turning out to be drain.

[@andersgale9544]

*Very cool that you got a reporter that's actually from India. Thumbs up!*

[@mhg78cx]

I loved your closing comment: how can we (consumers) avoid it? If industry lies to us about the way they produce their clothes, we try to buy consciously, but we've been fooled. The pollution occurs everywhere, and it so sad

[@mhg78cx]

BTW: great video!!!!

[@aditirajagopal]

Thank you so much! And absolutely, the blame/burden cannot fall on consumers alone.

[@aswintuber]

Good highlights Aditi. While majority of the processing units have adopted ZLD as mandated, there are still a few who play foul and enforcement authorities could be ignoring for obvious reasons. On big picture, collective consumerism to be blamed..ever growing desire for more at cheap. If not for this river and cluster today, it's another river tomorrow. Effluent treatment elsewhere across India and globe are far less managed and brands are bothered but not bothered. With most brands low cost takes precedence over sustainable manufacturing.

[@kalaiarasu1054]

How can we avoid it?... It's simple. Avoid the colours. Go for natural white, unprocessed cotton cloths!

[@michaeltrobridge9755]

Excellent report, people need to know about this!

[@vijaydawri646]

Not only clothes, the detergent we use to clean clothes also pollutes water. Now a days, an foaming agent is added for more foam. This agent, like plastic, can never be broken down. A simple soap will clean our clothes if work some what hard & do better for life.

[@Muralidhar_Rao]

Well researched, thought provoking report, with appropriate visuals. Good job. Hope it'll have the necessary impact

[@trijbijop]

"It's like selling your eyes to buy a movie." Couldn't be more accurate. Thanks for the thorough and eye-opening look into this issue.

[@chingsdiary5360]

Back in time when people die fabric by natural plants or bugs, there was no pollution or too few to cause a visible consequence. However, those materials are more expensive and rare than toxic chemicals. That’s how fast fashion chain affects everything. If we buy 1 set of clothing and wear til it is worn out, there would be less factories and less pollution. Even though the set of clothing might be expensive, wearing it for decades makes it much cheaper than buying 100 clothing per year.

[@lamichka]

yeah this does not work like this thou is it? Nobody is forcing them to polute the river and make the clothes or deal with the west. it is good old greed.

[@yashuya2022]

“ *DilUtIoN iS tHe SolUTioN tO PolLuTiOn* “ Said a certain man.

[@crazykeejan6981]

LMAO

[@sd8313]

He actually isn’t wrong but he isn’t right either. The rivers in India, he would be wrong, but some rivers, like the Tigris and Euphrates, their pollution levels would be solved through dilution (since drought and less flow of the rivers is what caused the concentration of pollutants)

[@yashuya2022]

@@sd8313 You’re right, it depends on the situation as you said. But in this case, dilution isn’t the solution if people are going to keep polluting. Not to mention issues such as water supply and effects on the ecosystem with changes in water level.

[@sd8313]

@@yashuya2022 yeah. in this situation, to say that dilution is a solution is completely ignorant

[@Kiyoone]

Japanese thinks the same about it :) about radioactive waters...

[@santoshpatil-eo9ol]

Dw is straight forward and every line speaks truth....... We want news like this.......

[@GKP999]

Most of us have too much clothing. We really need to cut our consumption.

[@jonwarland272]

Aditi has done a great job of structuring this documentary, putting together the story from the perspective of many groups living on the Noyyal river. To bring international corporations to justice we need political and judicial co-operation between the west and the developing world. We need to leave them no place left to hide.

[@DWPlanetA]

Thank you Jon, we are glad you liked the video.

[@simplelife8722]

Aditi, thank you soo much for this report... I have huge number of friends who love to buy clothes even when they don't need most of it.. I will make sure they watch this, they need to... We can't kill our environment just for our desires

[@sunilbehera3367]

Environment is everything for the all living organisms in earth

[@samuelpaz3218]

It’s sad that nothing will ever change

[@bruhmoment1208]

"Selling your eyes and buying a movie" is such a great expression

[@tahagi7006]

My country Indonesia used to be that way. The Citarum river is the main line here. But with brave politican and strong people movement we manage push textile industry to reduce their waste to minimum . Its not work for a Day or moths, but nearly 4 year. So hope indian people can do the same. Even all off them there is still many work to do

[@ansc8518]

Indonesia still does have a pretty big Problem in water pollution tbh. Like our rivers, Indonesian rvers arw also still polluted.

[@tahagi7006]

@@ansc8518 its true, still many potential problem. Plastik waste, flooding and many more. But my point is if against textile industrial waste, strong and wake people movement support with brave and handy politicians/goverment is needed

[@aleenaprasannan2146]

There are some non Indian real peices of work in the comment section saying that the foreign companies are polluting because Indian's don't care. Then what is stopping these companies from setting their factories in areas in India that does have extremely strict environmental regulations, if they oh so careful of environment then why are they moving the facilities to states with less regulations? So their moral grandstanding flies out of the window the moment they are out of Europe, but somehow their moral bankruptcy is also the fault of Indians? Greed is indeed the problem. Greed of global fast fashion companies who are adamant in churning out dirt cheap clothes polluting rivers in areas which let them do that to cut cost. Facilitating that greed is the local government's own greed in relaxing as many environmental rules as they can for increasing their own revenue. As the reporter said, there is no other solution but to make environmental regulations the same pan India. Let these companies move to wherever they want. It's not like India doesn't have their own textile brands. Maybe it will be for the better.

[@debbiehenri345]

Yes, I believe India could do well enough in making its own fashion brands (those acting responsibly towards the environment) and deliver clothes and fabrics to the world without adding a famous name while contributing to the wholescale pollution of their country It just takes a bit of government backing to kickstart the Indian brand names. Once they are on the catwalk and in the public eye, the companies can do the rest unsubsidised. Issues caused by major brand names should be more heavily publicised, let fashion gods know what they're doing (although I don't think they care, since the likes of Nike are still going strong despite their treatment of Mexico's environment years ago). I, personally, care nothing at all for designer names - I just want to know 'which company does what to the environment and its local people.'

[@aleenaprasannan2146]

@@debbiehenri345 There are already a lot of small sustainable clothing brands in India, but they cannot make filthy profits to scale up and go global. The point about government support is actually the crux of the issue. Unfortunately the law makers and government party are deep in their pockets. The demagogues here have actually unanimously made it into law that any foreign company could anonymously buy election bonds (equivalent of election campaign donations) and their details will only be available to the government not the public. They are feeding off each other's greed. It feels like fantasy dream to think the government will support ethical brands in such a situation

[@melissa7233]

I like that you are actually showing the people working in the factories and the people directly affected by the pollution. You put a human face on the problem. It really helps bring it home to those of us that live in the west. To many of us here, we don't see India, Bangladesh, China, etc, as quite as human as we are. That's an awful, racist stereotype we have that needs to change. Putting a human face to it sends a powerful message. I'm also glad that you're focusing on the problems in manufacturing and dying of fabrics, not just garment construction. I'm a home sewist, and thought I was doing some good by avoiding sweatshops, but I see that I'm not as helpful as I thought it was. I'm not sure where to go from here, but more awareness helps.

[@aditirajagopal]

Thank you so much for your feedback. And good luck going forward :)

[@michel44816]

Americans and European consumers should be more responsible in their buying habits and a greater part of the profit should be shared with these small industries so that we can manage the industries better.

[@vigneshsubha8868]

@Charlie Zelenoff because Europe is a developed country while india is a 3rd world country

[@ronikhatri4020]

​@Charlie Zelenoff We need to understand that in the EU or USA, where the restrictions are very tight and textile industries are tightly regulated for the emissions and wastes they are producing, the cost of clothing produced here is comparatively high. So, most of these brands establish their factories in the countries like India or Bangladesh, where the cost of labour is cheap, the government regulations on emissions or waste disposal are not strict at all, which in turn results in cheap clothing which is the most common type of clothing sold in EU and USA. So, if we don't have polluted rivers in the EU or USA and India has such polluted rivers, we are partly to blame. The best way to avoid such pollution on our planet is to avoid consuming without any actual need. Remember the most sustainable clothing that you can have is the one you already own. Also when buying a new pair of clothing is actually necessary, try to find the brands which are more conscious about their impact on the environment due to their business and already trying to provide the most sustainable clothing for you (not just on paper, but in reality based on facts). Also, always try to avoid cheap/fast-fashion clothing, as they are the most unsustainable products produced solely to make a profit at any cost to the environment.

[@Vamshk]

We Indian consumers have to buy only Western/foreign company brands and give them Huge profits.. So, let's target the Indian companies as they are causing more pollution.. Indian companies should go into losses and its duty of every educated modern Indian citizen.

[@sed3655]

@Charlie Zelenoff Because the clothes that is supplied to Europe comes from countries like India and Bangladesh. The high demand for fast fashion in first world countries, brings these kinds of severe damage to poorer countries.

[@littlebear5034]

I went to tirupur last week. I could see an artificial modernity and Heart felt real bad to see the condition of the river.

[@cheesyvin8078]

Beautiful documentary, subscribed!

[@kannanmuthukumar3326]

I been in tiruppur from my childhood but I never seen that river pure but seeing the source of it what I'm seeing right now makes me to see that much pure water run in my place too . Now Government doing some work hope it will bring back its true nature again . In resent years lot of trees were started to plant all over tirupur . Formers also embarked eco friendly farmings . Future always changeable hope our future ones will get peaceful and health environment to live . And thank u for making video like this. Plz continue this work . Be a change and be with change .

[@senthilkumarn4u]

Thanks for the exposure.. subscriber from South India, Chennai...

[@nandhaKumar-nr8yv]

please continue your work. We are ready to support you

[@AshuSinghthealkiddo]

Can't Union Govt or State Govt force brands to use their CSR fund into sewage treatment plants?

[@MrJekyllDrHyde1]

Great work, we need more stories like this

[@tomkelly8827]

The same thing is happening on the most polluted river in the world in Indonesia. There is also a sea of plastic and other garbage that covers the river there too

[@sedhucse]

Thankyou DW for showing our issue to the world , this river was once our lifeline

[@xenabellarosepoolreedzilla4405]

Thank you for your free planet changing life altering fact filled reality programs, stay frosty fellows, we have a world to love

[@karanjotsinghminhas830]

👏thanks for bringing awareness on this issue ♻️

[@gamingnerdgirlz]

glad that the reporter is honest and clear. i hope india gets more water treatment nationwide.

[@Mr.Autodelete]

5:42 was so brutally honest and savage literally a mic drop moment

[@raac2746]

This video is really great. In my state also, there is a river just like this named Nambul River which directly falls into the only floating fresh water lake Loktak. The condition is really bad and it needs concern. There is no industry in my state but this river passes right through the city and the city dwellers polluted the water. Garbage, sewage any kind of pollutants are dumped into it. I really feel miserable seeing this polluted river. The govt doesn't impose any law or try to save it. The other rivers are also degrading.

[@shubh3ndu]

7:27 "It's like selling your eyes and buying a movie" Sarcastically Hilarious😆😅😧

[@bloggerblogg5878]

When I lived in India, in Delhi I got so angry when saw people waste the water there, sometime they just let the tub run and all water went to waste on the ground, and I knew it some part of India and many poor people and small communities there struggling with water or clean water, and those people waste so much water, like we have all the water in the world or infinite amount of water. Even there on Delhi, some districts struggled to have clean water, people just don't think through. Not just there, here too. Please, don't waste the water, be resourceful!

[@aditthiyansa5395]

no media in India are talking about issue. Thanks to Dw for sharing what really happening

[@ns6755t]

wear white clothes, no dye no cry . Indians used to wear this and is still prevalent in rural India. look for natural substitutes for dyes like turmeric , indigo etc.

[@robinm.4952]

thank you guys for the great report!

[@sainarayana715]

This channel need more subscribers....

[@Suburp212]

Great reporter. Well done documentary

[@kasimirb5155]

A shame. We, Westerners, are clearly responsible for these atrocities. We want to buy constantly new clothing and we want to buy it cheap. This must change. Companies need to calculate the costs for protecting and cleaning the environment into their prices - also of course they need to pay fair wages to their workers. I would say, double the prices of T-Shirts etc!

[@hattielankford4775]

Your comment also points out another fault of westerners. Not all "fully developed" (to borrow a term that I hope isn't fully developed yet) countries are identified as western. By a large margin.

[@Thros1]

So the countries producing all these goods and freely polluting are blameless? This isn't going to stop till earth becomes a WALL-E planet...

[@ThePigeonBrain]

How can it be westerners fault though, when nowhere on the clothing does it say "the production of this clothing caused water pollution on the other side of the planet"? It just says "made in india". Should we boycott all indian products? That would hurt india as well. The companies who made it are responsible, the government who doesn't stop them is responsible, and we shouldn't try to shift the blame on consumers, who have no idea and who are powerless to stop this.

[@Thros1]

@@ThePigeonBrain EVERYONE is at fault stop trying to place blame on any one group of people this won't get fixed until everyone on this planet works together to fix it...

[@ThePigeonBrain]

@@Thros1 Pretty words, but what exactly should be done? Here is a line up of who has the most power to change status quo: The company who produce the clothing is most responsible, because they could, you know, not pollute. The government is next, they could make it illegal to dump waste, and change the entire industry for the better. The companies who buy the clothing could look into how it's produced and demand that production be changed or they'll stop buying. Hell, even the indian people who live in the area has more power to change the system, because they know who is doing something wrong, and who they should make demands from. What can westerners do? Tell me exactly what you think they can do, when they have a tight budget and they're standing in a shopping mall, surrounded by cheap clothing, with no information about how any of it was produced, except the label "made in *insert poor country*"?

[@moonyweather]

Madam, thanks for another superb analytical presentation , do keep it up - regards from Mumbai

[@devendrabaskey1]

Great video Source of the river was beautiful and scenic!!

[@rh2400]

Just imagine the condition of aquatic life in that river, though i doubt whether any aquatic life remains in that dead river.

[@manmohantiwari7505]

Atleast we should try to drop down the Passion of buying of new clothes on every festival 🥺

[@jayanshijain9621]

yup

[@luna.1409]

I never understood that people find that necessary.....

[@anonimuse6553]

Great reporting. Not just news, news with the investigative thinking that we all should be using when we are living together on this planet of life. Most important observation - that we have done this before and if we don't learn from this, we will do it again. Let's learn OK. It doesn't always have to be this way. Product sources should always be verified as being responsible. No matter the country, city or town.

[@martinselvin]

There's no upper limit for anything in life.. the demand for textile industry is still growing. Until there's no limits set for dying, the rivers with die.

[@rinaldoacardi617]

Would be great if they imposed waste management for all businesses that want to set up shop near bodies of water. Make it Boolean: either you deal with your waste or you don't do business at all. All these big corporations can refocus their efforts from making stuff from ocean plastic to something closer to home.

[@RahulSharma-om1gp]

This is excellent reporting 🙏. Kudos to the reporter . I believe that it is a serious issue in India and it needs urgent tackling .

[@sekarmurugaswamy1129]

Why hasn't Madam...aditi...asked the same to the tamilnadu pollution control board...she could hv asked the governing pollution body ....I'm one of the Dyer here in tirupur . ...i request the channel maker to approach us....river noyal is carrying all the seweage along its way ...there isn't a sewage treatment plant....the channel must clearly notify the inlet quality of the river before..entering tirupur....& The outlet after tirupur.....there are atleast 20 sub channels which join the main river....u shld also check their inlet quality of this sub channels....& Adding to this the quality of the ground waters....I'm not justifying anyone's action....there would be some fraudalant units .....but u shldnt label everyone into that category....let the quality parameters speak for itself....let it be more factual....I hope the channel contact us ...tq...

[@gopigol]

Sad part is nobody wants to be in waste management system. It should be part of urban development plan.

[@danb340]

Rules should be set for the whole country, it's for everyone including animals and plants,for the health of everything.

[@carsreallysuck]

The music at the start is Still Life by Adrián Berenguer.

[@MrLoobu]

Could? DOES take years off of everyones life. Great goals and values.

[@amritsankar4260]

This is so awesome! I love her energy, oooof you go gurllllll! 💥🚀❤️

[@AJAYRATHORE-br9kr]

Now i reuse my clothes as much as possible after watching this video

[@bigjd2k]

It’s great that they’re now treating the waste - but surely the big corporations should only buy material from factories which do so. It wouldn’t exactly cost much per garment. If they don’t they’re being way too greedy. Perhaps their CEOs should be made to drink the river water outside the factories they use!

[@SoilandSoulFoundation]

Aditi, would like to contact you. Can you please email your number to [e-mail]?

[@SBK2480]

Consumers like us should write to the corporations to ask them to ensure that they source from non polluting suppliers

[@zenrainman]

Excellently done Aditi .

[@sawovsky]

Excellent video and great channel, hope that you guys will grow big

[@kmshhar9363]

When the food become scarce, there will be no water left for cultivation. There is lot more effort needed from Indian people.

[@river941]

Insightful but also scary video report! Thanks for putting the spotlight on this!

[@krapeevids6992]

Doesn’t it smell everywhere in India?

[@josephsarah9491]

Hatsoff to reporter and sir prithiviraj sannathambi...

[@onesky4343]

Nature is best in it's natural form ❤️

[@umani811]

Thanks for this video. Love from Tamilnadu, India.

[@marybeuving784]

As an American shopper, I am so sorry for what I have done to your country. Please forgive me and my fellow greedy shoppers. I have quit shopping although I am told it will make no difference. But my conscience hurts when I think about others who are suffering for my choices. Thank you for this video.

[@barrygoldwasser5449]

Stop that nonsense. No one put a gun to their heads.

[@tarunnarain4545]

Good content, Straight to the problem.

[@CanadianMapleTea]

Great reporting! Keep up the good word

[@After_25]

can anybody tell where exactly to find authentic pollution data/emission data caused by Indian textile industry ?

[@DWPlanetA]

Dear Dikshita Deka, the Central Pollution Control Board is the official authority (cpcb.nic.in/). But you also could look at independent studies from organizations like Toxics Link (www.toxicslink.org/) and the Centre for Science and Environment (www.cseindia.org/).

[@After_25]

@@DWPlanetA I tried the pollution board but industrial emission reports were confidential there. But thank you. I shall try the others.

[@pauliusnarkevicius9959]

(1) What are the leftovers after cleaning water from many various substances? (2) and does it could be used to create some kind of product?

[@ADCFproductions]

toxic waste, can be used to create cancer.

[@debbiehenri345]

@@ADCFproductions That's the spirit ACDF... More to the point, Paulius, what are those various substances 'doing' in the dyes in the first place? I was about to source silk specifically from India, and now I'm confused: But Lead? Copper? Cadmium? What are elements like this doing in fabric dyes? I had expected India to use more natural dyes than a certain 'other' silk producing country. And what of the fabrics I've already purchased from there?

[@ADCFproductions]

@@debbiehenri345 They are used to produce the dyes. Unfortunately many of the colors from natural sources come from animals, for example i remember there's a color that only exists in a certain type of octopus, i think it's purple or something close to it. Another color is only found in sea snails, red can be obtained from certain plants, and so on. The animals are already threatened, so the dyes are produced chemically and that in turn produces toxic waste as a by product. Basically i think this is why the dyes have these elements. But I'm not even close to being an expert, I'm sure someone else can comment with more details. PS: I might even be wrong here, my chemistry classes were a loooong time ago :D

[@chantara8458]

@@debbiehenri345 Hahaha 😝😝 😝😝 how naive...

[@loginfast4432]

@@debbiehenri345 these are small industries their work is based on orders from big brands so they do what the brands wants them to do.

[@-all_IN_one..]

If we want to save our environment, we should think about this deadly pollution, and the government should take immediate action !!!!! Finally, thanks to this channel and community for raising so many serious environmental issues. Keep it up 👍👍

[@wanefelicia8779]

Great filming whoever did this and put this 2gether 👌👀

[@JasonMomos]

India truly is a land with immense potential awaiting revelation. Combine your strengths with sustainable development and you got yourself an exemplary superpower. Expecting more India based content from the Deutsche Welle.

[@Akampan]

legal order on environment has to be impactful on the geography and beyond municipal or district boundaries

[@dasrajalaxmi947]

This channel needs millions of subscribers.

[@THEDAVILAK1]

And so many Westeners (of which I am one) are complaining about the CO2 emissions and environmental pollution of China and India. But you can‘t make a step without using or seeing something made there… The outsourcing of emissions and health hazards…

[@nukuyun]

Dude i hope the day when a huge meteor falls on earth isn't faraway. Fingers crossed.