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Egypt Nile water pollution on the rise

Egypt’s Nile water pollution rates are alarming, and people and natural life are being affected, while the efforts on the part of the government to fix the situation remain questionable.

People walk across a bridge surrounded by litter and waste at a canal connected to the river Nile in Cairo March 22, 2015.  World Water Day is observed on March 22.  REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RTR4UD5Y
People walk across a bridge, surrounded by litter and waste, across a canal connected to the Nile River in Cairo, on World Water Day, March 22, 2015. — REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

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