Editing Indus River (section)

===Pollution===
Over the years factories on the banks of the Indus River have increased levels of water pollution in the river and the atmosphere around it. High levels of pollutants in the river have led to the deaths of endangered Indus river dolphin. The [[Sindh Environmental Protection Agency]] has ordered polluting factories around the river to shut down under the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997.<ref>{{cite news |title=SEPA orders polluting factory to stop production |url=http://archives.dawn.com/2008/12/03/local8.htm |access-date=28 June 2012 |newspaper=Dawn |date=3 December 2008 |archive-date=1 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101112712/http://archives.dawn.com/2008/12/03/local8.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Death of the [[Indus river dolphin]] has also been attributed to fishermen using poison to kill fish and scooping them up.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fishing poison killing Indus dolphins, PA told |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/701129/fishing-poison-killing-indus-dolphins-pa-told |access-date=27 April 2016 |newspaper=Dawn |date=8 March 2012 |archive-date=9 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509170544/http://www.dawn.com/news/701129/fishing-poison-killing-indus-dolphins-pa-told |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=18 dolphins died from poisoning in Jan |url=http://dawn.com/2012/05/01/18-dolphins-died-from-poisoning-in-jan/ |access-date=28 June 2012 |newspaper=Dawn |date=1 May 2012 |archive-date=7 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707164235/http://dawn.com/2012/05/01/18-dolphins-died-from-poisoning-in-jan/ |url-status=live }}</ref> As a result, the government banned fishing from [[Guddu Barrage]] to [[Sukkur]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Threat to dolphin: Govt bans fishing between Guddu and Sukkur |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/347500/threat-to-dolphin-govt-bans-fishing-between-guddu-and-sukkur/ |access-date=28 June 2012 |newspaper=The Express Tribune |date=9 March 2012 |archive-date=21 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521005236/http://tribune.com.pk/story/347500/threat-to-dolphin-govt-bans-fishing-between-guddu-and-sukkur/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Indus is second among a group of ten rivers responsible for about 90% of all the [[plastic pollution|plastic]] that reaches the oceans. The [[Yangtze]] is the only river contributing more plastic.<ref>{{cite web |title=Almost all plastic in the ocean comes from just 10 rivers – 30.11.2017 |website=DW.COM |url=https://www.dw.com/en/almost-all-plastic-in-the-ocean-comes-from-just-10-rivers/a-41581484 |ref={{sfnref | DW.COM}} |access-date=22 August 2018 |quote=about 90 per cent of all the plastic that reaches the world's oceans gets flushed through just 10 rivers: The Yangtze, the Indus, Yellow River, Hai River, the Nile, the Ganges, Pearl River, Amur River, the Niger, and the Mekong (in that order). |archive-date=22 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822181401/https://www.dw.com/en/almost-all-plastic-in-the-ocean-comes-from-just-10-rivers/a-41581484 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Schmidt |first1=Christian |last2=Krauth |first2=Tobias |last3=Wagner |first3=Stephan |title=Export of Plastic Debris by Rivers into the Sea |journal=Environmental Science & Technology |publisher=American Chemical Society (ACS) |volume=51 |issue=21 |date=11 October 2017 |issn=0013-936X |doi=10.1021/acs.est.7b02368 |pmid=29019247 |pages=12246–12253 |bibcode=2017EnST...5112246S |url=http://oceanrep.geomar.de/43169/4/es7b02368_si_001.pdf |access-date=25 August 2020 |archive-date=14 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914225406/http://oceanrep.geomar.de/43169/4/es7b02368_si_001.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>