of one of pakistan's most scenic regions but rubbish and untreated ways to being dumped in the swat river is threatening aquatic life and posing a health risk to residents and tourists are some of interviewed reports from the swat valley. if the northern swat valley is considered the switzerland of pakistan the iconic swat river is its beating heart. touched by its natural beauty winston churchill once used to send his dispatches from here but now a growing population neglect and lack of planning is turning the river poisonous. with thousands of tons of untreated waste ending up here every day it's quickly becoming a landfill for the 2000000 people of the district the impact is already being felt by people living downstream and all this is being done legally by the local administration miles away from the site water from underground drilled has changed color and smell the. dumping of garbage in the river but the government has wrecked . diseases such as hepatitis tb and even cancer is on the rise sewage water is polluted groundwater table our children and families are suffering who should

if the northern swat valley is considered districts and of pakistan the iconic swath river is its beating caught. touched by its natural beauty winston churchill once used to send his dispatches from here but now a growing population for neglect and lack of planning is turning the river poisonous. for thousands of tons of untreated graced and they got here every day it's quickly becoming a landfill for the 2000000 people of the district the impact is already being felt by people living downstream and all this is being done legally by the local administration miles away from the site water from underground world has changed color and smell that came in a. dumping of garbage in the river but the government has wrecked our lives diseases such as hepatitis tb and even cancer is on the rise sewage water is polluting our ground water table our children and families are suffering who should we complain to when the government itself is dumping and polluting the river water it's not just a river bank landfill untreated sewage also flows in from homes and businesses fraud has many solid waste manag