Tips on cleaning the river

Some useful tips to help clean the river Bar people from disposing of religious ornamentations like flower garlands in the river. Chemically painted statues must no more be immersed in this river and so is the case with industrial affluent and chemical wastes. Prevent washer men from using river ghats. Prevent people from defecating in the open along the river banks. Creation of Havan Kund for disposal of the religious material, by employing vehicles for collecting material from each temple. Special Pooja Material collection vehicles may be deployed as per a systematic plan. as per Hindu religious faith. Put up nets in the river to catch the waste if any.

students make posters to spread awareness

Posters made by students in their effort to spread awareness on the state of the yamuna river

yamuna and its state -a video

Total length of the River Yamuna from its origin near Yamunotri to its confluence with Ganga River at Allahabad is 1376 kilometer. The total basin area of the river is 366223 km 2 which covers part of geographical area in the states of Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh & NCT – Delhi. ¾ The flow of the Yamuna River varies significantly during monsoon and nonmonsoon seasons. The river constitutes maximum flow i.e. around 80% of the total annual flow during monsoon period. During non-monsoon period the Yamuna cannot be designated as a continuous river but segregated into four independent segments due to the presence of three barrages from where almost the entire water is being diverted for various human activities.

why is the yamuna polluted

The River Yamuna, the largest tributary  of River Ganga has been one of the most
prominent & important rivers of India. Unfortunately, certain stretches of River Yamuna
are very polluted. Various urban centers e.g. Delhi, Mathura, Agra etc., which are
located on the banks of Yamuna river, draw fresh river water for various activities. In
return, almost the entire wastewater generated by these centers is disposed off into the
river. This is the prime reason for deterioration of Yamuna River water quality from
urban agglomeration of Delhi up to Chambal River Confluence.

River Yamuna (यमुना), with a total length of around 1,370 kilometers (851 mi), is the largest tributary of the Ganges River Ganga गगां in northern India. Yamuna is considered the most sacred among all the rivers as per Hindu mythology. Its source is at Yamunotri, in the Uttarakhand Himalaya, in the Himalayan Mountains.It flows through the states of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, before merging with the Ganges at Allahabad. The cities of Delhi, Mathura and Agra lie on its banks. Originating in the Yamunotri glacier in the Himalayas, Yamuna covers a distance of over 1,300 km, before merging with the Ganga in Allahabad.
  Yamuna is one of the most polluted rivers in the world, especially around Delhi, which dumps about 57% of its waste into the river. Delhi alone contributes around 3,296 million litres per day of sewage in the river. Even the the Supreme Court Justice B.S. hauhan, sitting in a bench, headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan could not refrain from observing that "it is no more a maili Yamuna but a ganda nullah."
 Yamunotri is the source of the revered river Yamuna. It constitutes one of the four most important pilgrimages, collectively called 'Char Dham' of the Garhwal Himalayas or Uttarakhand. 

Voicing concern for Yamuna . 
     
 Around 2,000 youngsters from all over the country got together for an international social media campaign to mark the "International Day of Action", that was observed recently.
 The Indian campaign dealt with the issue of cleanliness of river Yamuna. About 200 youngsters from India signed an online petition asking the Ministry of Water Resources to take significant and effective steps to clean, rehabilitate and preserve Yamuna--a lifeline to 57 million people of the country.
  The issue is vital because millions of people depend on the river Yamuna directly or indirectly but despite so many programmes, the river is still as polluted as it was 15 years ago.?

AGRA: Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra today cleaned the Yamuna river here in a symbolic gesture as part of an initiative to create awareness forenvironmental issues. 

Wearing oversized sunglasses and a white kurti, the 29-year-old star picked up a mason's fork and cleaned the floating rubbish from the bank of the Yamuna at the Dussehra ghat, with the iconic Taj Mahal in the backdrop. 

The event kickstarted the fourth NDTV Greenathon campaign, of which Priyanka is the brand ambassador. 

"This time we began our campaign from Agra because tourist inflow is maximum here. Taj Mahal is on the bank of river Yamuna, which has become a dumping zone of waste materials now. If we do not protect our environment our future will be dark," Priyanka said. 

Model-actor Milind Soman and Abhishek Mishra, Minister of State for Protocol, UP, alongwith local environmental organizations and school children joined her in the effort. The whole exercise took about an hour. 

What have we done to the life line of the city over the years...!!!

Emperor Akbar liked to spend time watching the river Yamuna from the palace terrace at nights before retiring to bed. Some times Birbal would also join him on the terrace and they would have conversations about a variety of topics. 
One summer night, while they sat in silence, listening to the river flow, Akbar asked, “Why does Yamuna cry, Birbal?”
Without a moment’s hesitation Birbal said, “It is in the nature of young women to cry when they are married off.”
“Explain”, said the Emperor curiously.
“Young river Yamuna has been staying with her father the Himalayas. Now she is on her way to meet her husband the mighty ocean. So along the way from her father’s home where she grew up to her husband home where she will spend the rest of her life, she is crying!”
Akbar was pleased with Birbal prompt but poetic answer.

                          The course of the river Yamuna

The River Yamuna

Originating from the Yamunotri glacier in the lower Himalayas, the Yamuna is one of the largest tributaries of the Ganges river network. The river travels a total of 1376 kilometers crossing several northern states in India including Uttrakhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and later Delhi, the capital of the country. In Hindu mythology, the Yamuna is considered the daughter of Sun God, Surya, and sister of Yama, the God of Death, hence also known as Yami. According to popular legends, bathing in its sacred waters frees one from the torments of death.

The Yamuna Action Plan (YAP) is a bilateral project between the Government of India and Japan. It is one of the largest river restoration projects in India. The government of Japan, via the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), has provided financial aid of 17.7 billion yen to carry out the project, which is being executed by the National River Conservation Directorate, the Ministry of Environment and Forests, and the Government of India.