LUMAMI, June 18 -- Researchers from Nagaland University are studying the pollution status of the Dhansiri, a major River in the North East, across all four seasons of the year and have developed policy proposals to revive it. This study concentrates on a largely neglected river system in North East India and addresses a significant research gap by emphasising a lesser-known, yet ecologically and culturally significant river. The Dhansiri River faces escalating pollution resulting from anthropogenic activities, including urbanisation, discharges from towns, agricultural runoff and inadequate domestic waste management, which have severely deteriorated the river's water quality. Hence, the researchers attempted to evaluate the seasonal fluctua...