The River Yamuna….. Millions have depended on it since eternity, millions still do.
Rivers are natural resources to the world.
The river Yamuna is one of the two biggest rivers (other being Ganges) which flow through the world’s largest river basin- The Ganga river Basin. This basin area is approximately 1,086,000 square kilometers and has a population of 500 million. This area is also the land to one of the most ancient civilization known.
Officially Dead - Ironically, the river once pride of Indian civilization is now a dead river. Indian government’s own websites claim that there is not a drop of natural river water after it flows through Delhi. (WATER QUALITY STATUS OF YAMUNA RIVER (1999 – 2005) http://www.cpcb.nic.in/newitems/11.pdf.).The United Nations website has a report declaring the river a dead one. http://www.unhabitat.org/content.asp?typeid=19&catid=460&id=2170.
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