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<loc>https://www.indiawaterportal.org/environment/the-tigerriver-connection-why-indias-water-future-depends-on-healthy-forests</loc>
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<image:caption>A tiger cooling itself near the water. Source: Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India.</image:caption>
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<news:title>The Tiger–River Connection: Why India's water future depends on healthy forests</news:title>
<news:keywords>World Tiger Day, rivers, forests, tiger reserves, environment, biodiversity, water conservation, tigers and rivers, International Tiger Day, tiger populations, list of tiger reserves, rivers and tiger conservation</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.indiawaterportal.org/rivers-and-lakes/rivers/mercury-in-the-shadows-the-hidden-story-behind-indias-sabarmati-riverfront</loc>
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<image:caption>Hidden mercury hotspots and toxic risks beneath Sabarmati Riverfront's concrete banks. (Image: Tarun, Wikimedia Commons)</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-07-29T04:59:31.586Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Mercury in the shadows: The hidden story behind India's Sabarmati riverfront </news:title>
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