> ranked India’s “cleanest city” for the last eight years.
Indian redditors, this is true ?
Lonelywebs on
Our future.
BlackberrySlow4737 on
Man made horrors everyday in the world
Edit: Removed ‘new’
Sub__Finem on
Classic
Revial on
The water joins the air in Indian quality.
Horror_Response_1991 on
After what happened in Flint, Michigan I don’t drink tap water. On the rare occasions I do it has to go through a filter.
Remote-Astronaut-259 on
Its ok it sounds like it was just the low income area /s
OutrageousFanny on
I’m surprised it wasn’t mixed before
LuvelyDolly on
Whoever thought being hydrated could kill you,
Bubbly-Form-7059 on
I’m surprised it isn’t way more
idontplaypolo on
What a painful way to go… poor souls
zashuna on
When I was in India, I was told to only drink bottled water and to also make sure that the bottle was sealed and unopened (to make sure that it wasn’t filled with tap water). I can imagine it probably isn’t affordable or realistic for the average Indian citizen to be only drinking bottled water. Plus, think of all the plastic waste.
RidetheSchlange on
FYI: one of the reasons India’s tap water is not drinkable without significant filtration is because they don’t fix their aging water supply systems, even in good areas. The pipes are cracked and otherwise porous at this point, plus sewage is everywhere and poorly separated underground, so those pipes leak and then contaminate freshwater lines and not to mention, most open water supplies are contaminated anyhow. Then comes the contamination of rivers, streams, springs, and so on. It’s simply people don’t care after generations of getting them to try to start caring. They care more about having nukes to destroy Pakistan and how many billionaires th country has, but not about their own drinking water. People also have accepted they can just get bottled water (much of it is counterfeit and simple tap water) and they can give a shit about their fresh water supplies and continue to blame the British.
We also can’t forget that industries like factories and such simply discharge chemicals directly into the drains and sewage, rivers and streams and in the ground. All this ends up in the tap water and makes it so potentially there’s not enough purification in the world that can make the water safe.
BenjiSBRK on
Every news from India I see solidifies the stereotypes there are about this country 🤦♂️
Reddit_ModsR_Losers on
Oh man that’s terrible
14_In_Duck on
Who in their right mind drinks water from the tap anywhere in India?
the_travlingbrat on
seems above standard
AoiShimaShima on
dont drink the water. dont even breath the air. its all poop
Chemical-Drive-6203 on
You can drink tap water in India??? 😆
Eeebrio on
>Residents of a congested, lower-income neighbourhood in Indore, Madhya Pradesh’s commercial capital, had been warning authorities for months about foul-smelling tap water. Their complaints went unheeded, despite the city’s much-lauded ranking for waste segregation and other cleanliness measures.
So the ranking is bullshit. The authorities obviously don’t care.
Uneeda_Biscuit on
I thought they were already integrated honestly
Human-Web-4455 on
Condolences to the affected families. This is not a good way to go with all that dehydration and multiple organs shutting down. 10 people dying and 2500 people getting sick clearly shows a lack of apathy from the local government of the city, which was considered to be the cleanest in the country for eight years running (some buffoonery).
KoBoWC on
It must be bad if Indians are dying
Kosovar91 on
Im not surprised
Suspicious_Trick6372 on
Oh my god what is wrong with that country. Those poor, poor people, RIP. And they even fucking complained for months. Their fucking government is so inept and killing people, literally
Shubh_dwvdi on
The whole ass country is basically a big squid game set for life
xXMr_PorkychopXx on
For a country with over 1 billion people they don’t seem to care about their people? Why exactly? Has India EVER prospered beyond what we know it as today?
foofyschmoofer8 on
Reminds me of that video where the old Indian guy says you’ll be fine swimming and drinking from the river if you have faith that the river will “purify” you
Trail_Trees on
I would’ve thought Indian people would be immune to drinking shit by now..
hippodribble on
They need John Snow.
MessagingMatters on
That’s the USA Republicans’ clean water regulatory plan too.
Aggressive_Chain_920 on
Wouldn’t sewer water look and taste very undrinkable? How bad is their regular water that they can’t even tell the difference?
wheelienonstop8 on
If even Indians die it must have been really bad. My brother’s business partner has a friend (white, from central Europe) who vacationed in India once and jumped into the water at the mouth of the Ganges river, from a sightseeing boat, on a dare. He spent the next two weeks hovering at death’s door in the intensive care unit of an Indian hospital and still hasnt fully recovered, several years later.
Significant_Gain_626 on
Just seems like another day in India
infamous_merkin on
And this is mainly why I will never visit India.
Underwater_Karma on
I worked for a company that used to rotate management to our India office for two week stints. Thing was 100% of them got sick. Some needed hospitalization, some just had diarrhea for 2 weeks, but everyone was sick.
People eventually started refusing to go.
This story is like turning it up to 11. If even locals are sick and dying, wtf?
ptapobane on
only 10?
Acceptable-Fig-6458 on
And this is 1 of the cleaner cities? Typical India
LyreLeap on
I always figured they were immune to anything in sewage at this point. Isn’t this just normal? I’ve been to mumbai once in my life, only for a day since it was a stopover for a longer trip, and my god outside of a few select areas the whole place smelled like a mixture of gasoline, piss, and shit.
Tall-Abrocoma-5879 on
While what happened here is definitely a terrible thing that deserves to be investigated, the racism in the comment section against us insane. There’s a line to dehumanizing an ethnicity.
TradeApe on
Who is crazy enough to drink tap water in India? Cool country to visit with great food and so much culture, but I don’t drink tap water there…
momentum4lyfe on
Absolutely vile, I hope India’s air and water quality improve, noone deserves this. Obviously they don’t align with the West but maybe China can help them.
malli_malar on
It’s heartbreaking to hear about the death of the poor baby. The article quotes the father saying that the water was “filtered” and fed to the bottle-fed baby. Do water filtration systems installed at home not remove such contaminants?
Ratzafratz on
* And nobody could tell the difference until folks were dropping dead.
* These people have nuclear weapons at their disposal.
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Absolutely awful for these people
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That’s shitty
> ranked India’s “cleanest city” for the last eight years.
Indian redditors, this is true ?
Our future.
Man made horrors everyday in the world
Edit: Removed ‘new’
Classic
The water joins the air in Indian quality.
After what happened in Flint, Michigan I don’t drink tap water. On the rare occasions I do it has to go through a filter.
Its ok it sounds like it was just the low income area /s
I’m surprised it wasn’t mixed before
Whoever thought being hydrated could kill you,
I’m surprised it isn’t way more
What a painful way to go… poor souls
When I was in India, I was told to only drink bottled water and to also make sure that the bottle was sealed and unopened (to make sure that it wasn’t filled with tap water). I can imagine it probably isn’t affordable or realistic for the average Indian citizen to be only drinking bottled water. Plus, think of all the plastic waste.
FYI: one of the reasons India’s tap water is not drinkable without significant filtration is because they don’t fix their aging water supply systems, even in good areas. The pipes are cracked and otherwise porous at this point, plus sewage is everywhere and poorly separated underground, so those pipes leak and then contaminate freshwater lines and not to mention, most open water supplies are contaminated anyhow. Then comes the contamination of rivers, streams, springs, and so on. It’s simply people don’t care after generations of getting them to try to start caring. They care more about having nukes to destroy Pakistan and how many billionaires th country has, but not about their own drinking water. People also have accepted they can just get bottled water (much of it is counterfeit and simple tap water) and they can give a shit about their fresh water supplies and continue to blame the British.
We also can’t forget that industries like factories and such simply discharge chemicals directly into the drains and sewage, rivers and streams and in the ground. All this ends up in the tap water and makes it so potentially there’s not enough purification in the world that can make the water safe.
Every news from India I see solidifies the stereotypes there are about this country 🤦♂️
Oh man that’s terrible
Who in their right mind drinks water from the tap anywhere in India?
seems above standard
dont drink the water. dont even breath the air. its all poop
You can drink tap water in India??? 😆
>Residents of a congested, lower-income neighbourhood in Indore, Madhya Pradesh’s commercial capital, had been warning authorities for months about foul-smelling tap water. Their complaints went unheeded, despite the city’s much-lauded ranking for waste segregation and other cleanliness measures.
So the ranking is bullshit. The authorities obviously don’t care.
I thought they were already integrated honestly
Condolences to the affected families. This is not a good way to go with all that dehydration and multiple organs shutting down. 10 people dying and 2500 people getting sick clearly shows a lack of apathy from the local government of the city, which was considered to be the cleanest in the country for eight years running (some buffoonery).
It must be bad if Indians are dying
Im not surprised
Oh my god what is wrong with that country. Those poor, poor people, RIP. And they even fucking complained for months. Their fucking government is so inept and killing people, literally
The whole ass country is basically a big squid game set for life
For a country with over 1 billion people they don’t seem to care about their people? Why exactly? Has India EVER prospered beyond what we know it as today?
Reminds me of that video where the old Indian guy says you’ll be fine swimming and drinking from the river if you have faith that the river will “purify” you
I would’ve thought Indian people would be immune to drinking shit by now..
They need John Snow.
That’s the USA Republicans’ clean water regulatory plan too.
Wouldn’t sewer water look and taste very undrinkable? How bad is their regular water that they can’t even tell the difference?
If even Indians die it must have been really bad. My brother’s business partner has a friend (white, from central Europe) who vacationed in India once and jumped into the water at the mouth of the Ganges river, from a sightseeing boat, on a dare. He spent the next two weeks hovering at death’s door in the intensive care unit of an Indian hospital and still hasnt fully recovered, several years later.
Just seems like another day in India
And this is mainly why I will never visit India.
I worked for a company that used to rotate management to our India office for two week stints. Thing was 100% of them got sick. Some needed hospitalization, some just had diarrhea for 2 weeks, but everyone was sick.
People eventually started refusing to go.
This story is like turning it up to 11. If even locals are sick and dying, wtf?
only 10?
And this is 1 of the cleaner cities? Typical India
I always figured they were immune to anything in sewage at this point. Isn’t this just normal? I’ve been to mumbai once in my life, only for a day since it was a stopover for a longer trip, and my god outside of a few select areas the whole place smelled like a mixture of gasoline, piss, and shit.
While what happened here is definitely a terrible thing that deserves to be investigated, the racism in the comment section against us insane. There’s a line to dehumanizing an ethnicity.
Who is crazy enough to drink tap water in India? Cool country to visit with great food and so much culture, but I don’t drink tap water there…
Absolutely vile, I hope India’s air and water quality improve, noone deserves this. Obviously they don’t align with the West but maybe China can help them.
It’s heartbreaking to hear about the death of the poor baby. The article quotes the father saying that the water was “filtered” and fed to the bottle-fed baby. Do water filtration systems installed at home not remove such contaminants?
* And nobody could tell the difference until folks were dropping dead.
* These people have nuclear weapons at their disposal.