After Yamunotri Dham closed for winter, young volunteers from Rudra Sangathan collected 20–25 sacks of waste from the Yamuna ghats and riverbanks, including discarded clothes, sarees and plastic. Their effort raises a pressing question: why should local volunteers clean up after thousands of pilgrims? Protecting the sacred river must be everyone's responsibility. #Yamunotri# #Uttarakhand# #YamunaRiver# #CleanlinessDrive#

The Yamuna River in Delhi is so devastatingly polluted that it is covered in a toxic foam of industrial waste and sewage. Yet this year, like every other year, thousands of worshippers entered the water for a four-day festival to the sun god Surya.

AAP Delhi president Saurabh Bharadwaj has criticised the Delhi Government’s launch of the ‘Namo Yamuna River Safari’, questioning its claims of progress in cleaning the Yamuna. Bharadwaj alleged that an existing boating activity was being presented as a major development to create an impression that the river had been cleaned. He also accused the government of failing to tackle Delhi’s air pollution, claiming that AQI monitoring stations had been shut down and water spraying was being used to project improved air quality. #SaurabhBharadwaj# #AamAadmiParty# #NamoYamuna# #YamunaPollution# #DelhiPolitics#