While the Delhi government has been debating on what needs to be done to clean the river, the pollution levels have only worsened. In its book Sewage Canal: How to Clean the Yamuna, published in 2007, the Centre for Science and Environment reported that the Delhi stretch of the river is not only dead but had an overload of coliform contamination. Two years later, the pollution data shows no respite to the river.
We open a tap for water. We push the flush handle to get rid of our excreta.
Reviving our river Source: Times of India :: Change flush-&-forget mindset, cry for Yamuna :: Reduce water demand & wastage to revive river Blogs: Sunita Narain :: From water to water :: Excreta's economy: a true experience :: Making water-excreta accounts Opinion: :: Waste, by any other name... Report: :: Review of the interceptor plan for the Yamuna :: State of pollution in the Yamuna Presentation: :: About Yamuna. But not just Yamuna Book: :: Sewage canal: How to clean the Yamuna Film: :: Faecal Attraction: Political Economy of Defecation