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Mumbai for Me: After leaving park, Mumbai's rivers get polluted - The Times of India
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Mumbai
for
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After
leaving
park,
Mumbai's
rivers
get
polluted
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MUMBAI:
All
of
Mumbai's
four
major
rivers
originate
in
the
Sanjay
Gandhi
National
Park,
Borivli.
And,
it's
only
within
the
park
that
the
rivers
are
relatively
clean.
They
begin
to
get
polluted
as
soon
as
they
exit
its
protected
environs
and
enter
the
city.
The
Mithi
begins
from
the
overflow
of
the
Vihar
and
Powai
lakes.
Madhav
Chitale,
who
prepared
a
report
on
the
causes
of
the
2005
flood
for
the
state
government,
says,
"The
Mithi
River
gets
polluted
as
soon
as
it
leaves
the
national
park.
Within
the
park,
the
only
pollution
is
from
leaves
that
fall
from
trees.
If
these
are
not
removed,
they
become
muck.
Yet
the
river
is
as
clean
as
it
can
be
in
the
park."
The
smaller
Oshiwara
River
empties
into
the
Arabian
Sea
at
Versova
Creek.
Its
course
runs
through
Andheri's
industrial
belt.
The
Dahisar
River
starts
at
Tulsi
Lake
and
empties
into
Gorai­
Manori
creek.
"By
the
time
she
crosses
the
(Western
Express)
Highway,
Dahisar
becomes
a
sewer,"
says
Janak
Daftary
of
the
Mithi
Nadi
Sansad.
The
Poisar
River
begins
in
the
Borivli
side
of
the
park,
runs
most
of
its
course
through
Kandivli
and
empties
into
the
Versova
Creek.
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