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called hard days. yeah, that's what an indian government advisory body is suggesting. people do on the 14th of february, cbs co love, or making a political point. ah, i'm british manager, welcome to the w news asia. glad you could join us in a village, just north of delhi. sickness seems to touch every family, some adults, but most around a 3rd of gun knollys youth report serious in mrs. physical deformities, neurological problems, even cancer, the villagers say they've identified the cause. years of unchecked pollution from nearby factories that has contaminated their drinking water. they've even won a court case over the issue, but they say authorities have failed to do to do anything to help them.

startled me to sink is a farmer. his whole family is sick. the 50 year old would not money spend much up his time feeding his capital. ah, now he has other worries. on his son. we need thing was born a healthy child. but as he grew up, roubles became deformed. not a blame it on the local water supply, just that am what i would say like my sick son. there's so many of the children in this village with similar illnesses have some of even died at that given a doctor leha with the doctors told us that these diseases are a result of contaminated water. yeah, i thought it all of his drink this poisonous water. get on the go. if we don't have any other option. well, you're off done a 5 years ago, dot m himself that will operate a huge lump on his face. he says that sometimes the pain is unbearable and he can't afford to go to hospital to get treated or under some other families. in

this village of similar stories, every person sitting in this group is sick including the child and the village teacher on, on. and john, after an examination i was diagnosed with cancer. they operated on my mouth and cuts out the cancerous flesh, even again, it's all because of the contaminated water. in 2017 india stop and water mental pool. the national green tribunal confirmed that contaminated water was the primary cause of sickness in the area. and recommended that the sewage treatment plant be installed. but no action was taken by the authorities. despite repeated called, the local legislator was unavailable for comment. we decided to food waste water being discharged from a nearby sugar cane factory into it canal. we could see no evidence that the water

had been treated before being released up to being granted access to the refinery. that the villagers hold responsible for and terminating their water. we confronted the manager with allegations, he categorically denied that his factory released contaminated water was our factory has got equipment that cleans the water and then sends it outside. there were no harmful toxins, but the village head rodriguez r t does not believe him. he took us to the city, were one of the water sources of the village. he told us it all changed after industries started moving into the surrounding area and and terminating the ground water with the run off is got finally said we used to have very clean water. now it has become toxic because of the factories that have been this water reaches our homes. were they were me? yeah. and we drink is we're also we're helpless. is amadine back in the village

data mind his family are struggling to, sir, while tom says the local government has done little to help them get clean drinking water. and despite years of suffering, it seems little as likely to change for the families in this village level. oh, a quick look now at some other stories making news in india, india has flown a 2nd verge of aid to turkey and syria for earthquake rescue efforts. more rescue teams are on their way to the disaster area along with the field hospital and other medical supplies. the def told from the disaster has reached 16000 and opposition lawmakers are demanding an investigation into the ar dani group. the accused the government of favoring the business conglomerate, us based firms hindenburg research, last month accused the group of stock manipulation and unsustainable debt. we stay in india with a government advisory body has issued an appeal for people to mark the 14th to

february as cow hug day instead of valentine's day. that's right, hoggard cow, not your partner. the p comes from the animal welfare board of india, which advises the government on animal welfare laws. i have the order right here and no, it is not fake news fit for that initially, what this uses you before he realized it was true. this is a tweet from moments herbert co founder of india's premier fake news checking website. old news. so the appeal to cow lovers is to celebrate cow hug day on the 14th of february, to quote, make life happy and full of positive energy. also because cow is the backbone of indian culture, and that does little of western civilization has had an impact on indian heritage. naturally, twitter has responded. he has a selection of tweets. this user is concerned about the dangers off hugging

cows. he warns about long, sharp horns and powerful legs another user is worried about whether a bovine consent would be required before proceeding to hug. and lastly, what about cows? no one wants to hug this user on how sad that would be. right. let's get some more context on this from professor sure explain. he's a professor piece and conflict research at our university in sweden, on a well known commentator on indian political and social life. professor swayne, there's many layers to this. but 1st, let's talk about valentine's day. why does a government advisory body have a problem with valentines day? the dance they have been and criticized by the hindu super. my sister group

brought it in the right way. for a long time. they always have as explain it to the people that this is a western in who, and this is some things which was indian. so nor do so there have been also a number of groups. so which are usually take, you know, by use all sorts of illegal means even to hot us people. those who are couples and they do in the married couples, they want some kind of some time to be alone or some privacy. and this did, so they do all sorts of things to harass them. so, but the fun, but there have been always after this is a better number of these kind of issues. even sometimes new we us christmas day. they have objected to, but the ballantine has been there for some time. so it's nothing quite surprising that they are against valentine's day. but the, what is surprising is that what does come out that the celebrated as a cow hollow,

hugging cause, i mean, is this seriously about car love, or is there a deeper political point that has been made? you see how hogging is, is, is not an indian thing. it does. it essentially been coming from the, you know, you have seen some places where a white car hogue has been replaced. as i said, while in dance they had its own problem for those people. but i think what has happened in the cow hogs, i just want to give you this important to cow. it is also to serve to this in the last my list are in the right wing, wants to for saw that how it is different, particularly to saw in a different light. the muslims and christians, that has been the cow has been sent off indian politics for the last 89 years now after the hindu nationalist party came to power. and this has been,

or in many ways too hot us or even to lynch muslims and christians, the particularly movie dog, making this as a kind of be further politics of food politics that are number of toys. they are actually harassing even the profession. so do what muslims, i'm in the property on software, you know me productions and others that have been us that have been killed. so this is some things which is one sense. you are a guest. the waste by when get guest thought of mom. valentine's did in another sense by putting the emphasis on how you are showing that how muslims and christians are to be, sir, because their book are eaters, and we have the predictor of the call that local college. but how much appeal to do things like go hug day have, i mean, do you not think that the majority of the public will think of this says something rather absurd. it's quite strange things happening because you would

expect people to think that is absurd. people's will not take it seriously, but the kind of these in this kind of for walk a day that it will be a number of walk. we'll kind of, you know, some places where the people will try to hook our double play to put back on. but i think in one way, those people, those who are really being harassing and a couple that you know, the young people, those who are been in the box or in the public places on valentine's did. they were used to it. they will probably more in really hugging dock out out that a lot. but the question is, i think it is somehow, i don't think it because we might laugh about it. but it has a strong political and really just connections with the borders on the, with the support or so they have and that's what they're playing blade, that's what they're looking for. and i don't think we should take it lightly. of

course, it's a quite to be job for us any, any, any, any, any other way you think rationally. but if you look at in the list, in the religious nationalism is them, then it makes a lot of sense that they're, why they're doing it. do you see, do you think that there be more such are that's call them absurd suggestions coming from the side of the government or government related bodies like this in the future? then it will cease to surprise me, bill all who has gone through come up with dawn sorts of ways, particularly about the cow car, eugene cow dong you name it, document that a number of signs in susan's i've been asked to do research the all sorts of on, on the project based on possible benefits. and er benefits are you doing about all these things which always comes in, so it's nothing new is of the cow hugging blessing valentine's day. it's bit, i mean if you look at it in the exclusively, it looks like bit odd but,

but it easy to look at in the more complete package. what has been going on for the last, almost 890 years. this makes sense to me and this sort of, you know, this is not surprising, so it'll be no surprise that it will not come any more things like this. certainly one of the strangest conversations we've ever had, but thanks so much for joining us today. professor short, so from up select up select university. thank you so much. that's different to this program does more and i website is here tomorrow. good bye. ah, what people have to say matters to us or me. that's why we listen to their stories. reporter every weekend on

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