From Crystal Waters to Toxic Flow: The Ongoing Pollution of the Swat River

From Crystal Waters to Toxic Flow: The Ongoing Pollution of the Swat River

For thousands of years the River Swat and its canals have been a vital resource for lands, fields, and crops – as an excellent irrigation system the river’s waters are the foundation of the fertile and scenic Swat Valley. Swat River originates from the melting glaciers of the Hindu Kush in Kalam and winds its way down south for 240 kilometres through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa before merging with the Kabul River near Charsadda. According to the 2023 cen…