Rivers have decisive role in the
development of history as well as civilization all over the world. It
determines the intensity of vegetation and fertility of land. Historically
river banks are the cradle of the origin of civilizations. There are so many
things to learn from a river. It flows from the high land to low lands
(humbleness and humility), it flows uninterruptedly, it has a destiny (Ocean),
it carries materials and it tries to purify themselves.
While coming to the river Yamuna – it
rises in the Yamunotri glacier which is to west of Ganga source. It is a right
bank tributary of the Himalayan river Ganga. Yamuna flows towards south up to
Agra and farther down towards the south east direction till it joins Ganga at
Allahabad. Chambal, Sindh, Betwa and Ken
are its important tributaries. The length of the Yamuna is 1876 km from its
source to Allahabad. It drains 359000 km2 area.
Even though Yamuna is sacred river
industrialization affects the purity and divinity of the river. In the wake of
the lackadaisical attitude of government and MoEF, Supreme Court’s seek to for an
independent technical assessment on how the Yamuna can be revived from its
deathly state. Yamuna and Ganga has been polluted by the torrents of untreated
sewage. The Central Pollution Control Board has cautioned about the slow death
of Yamuna between Hathnikund and Agra to the unmitigated discharge of
effluents. Parliament was informed recently that the Ganga is so polluted with
faecal coliform matter and it affected the water quality in the region Kanpur
to Diamond Harbour in Kolkata. It will take another eight years under the
Mission Clean Ganga for the flow of untreated sewage (exceeding 1,600 million
litres a day) and industrial effluents into the river to stop. All this
reflects an indolent approach to urban pollution control, which stands in
contrast to hectic speculation in real estate (The Hindu). Now it s the moment
to revive Yamuna Action Plan (third phase), Delhi Adminsitration, CPCB, MoEF
and ecolovers to save this abysmal river from a dangerous end
Paul
V Mathew
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