11,000 litres of Milk DUMPED in Narmada River! Is it Bad?
A speaker criticizes the dumping of 11,000 liters of milk into the Narmada River in India, explaining how milk's high biological oxygen demand causes severe water pollution equivalent to 3.3 million liters of sewage. They contrast this with strict enforcement in the UK and highlight the irony that children in Indian schools lack adequate milk while it's being wasted.
Summary
The speaker begins by condemning the dumping of 11,000 liters of milk into the Narmada River, describing it as extreme foolishness. They explain that milk has a biological oxygen demand 300 times higher than raw sewage, meaning this milk dump creates pollution equivalent to 3.3 million liters of sewage and depletes oxygen levels that will kill fish and other living organisms. They note that 80 fish species in the Narmada River have already gone extinct in the past two decades. The speaker then contrasts this with how such incidents are handled in the UK, citing a case where a dairy farmer accidentally spilled 8,000 liters of milk into a river, prompting environmental agencies to build temporary dams, use pumps and rain guns to extract the milk, and track pollution spread for 8 kilometers. They mention another 2017 UK case where a farmer was fined 22,000 pounds for killing over 10,700 fish through similar pollution. The speaker expresses outrage that while this deliberate dumping occurs in India, the government lacks courage to take action or even speak against it. They highlight the irony by referencing a two-month-old news story about schools in Uttar Pradesh having insufficient milk for children's midday meals, forcing them to dilute milk with water. The speaker concludes by stating that no other country in the world engages in such behavior and argues that India cannot progress while such blind superstition persists.
Key Insights
- Milk has a biological oxygen demand 300 times higher than raw sewage, making 11,000 liters of dumped milk equivalent to 3.3 million liters of sewage pollution
- 80 fish species in the Narmada River have already gone extinct in the past two decades
- When a UK dairy farmer accidentally spilled 8,000 liters of milk in a river, environmental agencies built temporary dams and tracked pollution spread for 8 kilometers
- A UK farmer was fined 22,000 pounds in 2017 for river pollution that killed over 10,700 fish
- Schools in Uttar Pradesh lack sufficient milk for children's meals and must dilute milk with water, while 11,000 liters are deliberately dumped in rivers
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Transcript
[0:00] 11,000 लीटर दूध नर्मदा नदी में बहा दिया गया। इन बेवकूफ लोगों के द्वारा। यह किस लेवल की बेवकूफी है? आप इसका अंदाजा भी नहीं लगा सकते क्योंकि दूध की जो बायोलॉजिकल ऑक्सीजन डिमांड होती है वो 300 गुना ज्यादा होती है रॉ सीवेज से। तो इतने सारे दूध को बहाने से जितना पोल्यूशन फैल रहा है वो 3.3 मिलियन लीटर्स ऑफ सीवेज के इक्विवेलेंट है। इतना सारा ऑक्सीजन खींचा जा रहा है पानी से इसकी वजह से जितनी भी मछलियां हैं जितने भी लिविंग ऑर्गेनिज्म्स हैं वो जिंदा ही नहीं रह पाएंगे इसके [0:30] अंदर। और नर्मदा नदी के अंदर पिछले दो दशकों में वैसे ही 80 स्पीशीज मछलियों की एक्सटिंक्ट हो चुकी हैं। पिछले साल एक ऐसा…
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