Rs 8,000 cr spent in 32 years, yet Yamuna’s on death bed. Can it be revived in 3 years?

Kejriwal's claim that the Yamuna gets «poisoned» in Haryana was inaccurate. In reality, the river remains relatively healthy as it enters Delhi from Haryana. It is within Delhi that the river suffers, with drains dumping waste into it, depleting its vitality.

What Kejriwal could have highlighted is the significant reduction in Yamuna's flow by the time it reaches Delhi, which strains the river and makes it more susceptible to pollution.

However, politics has helped bring attention to the long-neglected Yamuna, which has been burdened with pollution for decades, depriving Delhi of the ecological and aesthetic benefits of a riverfront.

Yamuna had not been a key election issue until Kejriwal raised it during the Delhi assembly campaign earlier this year. This allowed the BJP, after forming the new government, to criticize the AAP-led administration for its failure to clean the river during its decade in power. The issue also led to a promise from the BJP in its manifesto to clean Yamuna within three years.

What led to this?

The Yamuna can be considered two rivers. The one that starts in the Banderpoonch glacier and flows through the Garhwal ranges in Uttarakhand undergoes a dramatic transformation at the Hathni Kund barrage in Haryana, where its waters are diverted into the western and eastern Yamuna irrigation canals.

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