| River Tsitarum (Citarum) occurs in West Java in Indonesia. This river is considered the most polluted river in the world. Pollute the river became active in the 80s of XX century, then began a sharp rise of industry in Indonesia. In addition to industrial waste enters the river trash from Jakarta, in this city is home to 9 million people. The river is practically no no living creatures. Local residents have replaced fishing on the "trash", they are caught from the debris that floats on the surface of the river, what can be sold. One of the Asian banks granted a loan of $ 500 million to clean all this junk. It's very interesting is there enough of that money and whether they spent it is advisable? While the situation with the river Tsitarum remains critical. |
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