Rejuvenating the Yamuna

States in its basin must work together to restore environmental flow if the river is to be revived

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The recent report of the parliamentary standing committee on water resources on the Yamuna comes against the backdrop of the Delhi government's promise to clean the river in three years and makes for sobering reading. Yamuna clean-up is a major election promise of the BJP and the new government in Delhi has appeared earnest in implementing it; removal of garbage and silt from the river and the drains that feed it, the construction of more sewage treatment plants (STPs), even river cruises are part of the clean-up and revival operation.