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People United for Better Living in Calcutta (PUBLIC)

HQ 🇮🇳 India · 1 project tracked

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The Lawsuit That Saved Kolkata's Living Sewage Works

Fresh Water

🇮🇳 India

Kolkata's sewage is cleaned for free by fishponds its own fisherfolk built — and the only reason those ponds still exist is a public interest case filed in 1992.

12.5khectaresWetland area protected
550Mlitres/dayKolkata sewage treated by the wetlands each day
10ktonnes/yearFish produced each year
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