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https://dialogue.earth/content/uploads/2017/02/Waste-dye-water-Falgu-river-Alok-Gupta.jpg1020680The textile industry of Patwa Toli is polluting rivers and groundwater in the Indian state of Bihar, but businesses have failed to clean up their act claiming they provide essential jobs