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However, due to high-density population growth and fast industrialisation, Yamuna has become one of the most polluted rivers in the world. [61] The Yamuna is particularly polluted downstream of New Delhi, the capital of India, which dumps about 58% of its waste into the river. A 2016 study shows that there is 100% urban metabolism of River ...
The river supplies water to approximately 40% of India's population across 11 states [2] and serves an estimated 500 million people—more than any other river in the world. [3] [4] The Ganges is severely polluted with human waste and industrial contaminants. Currently, it is considered the most polluted river in the world. [5]
The Yamuna Action Plan Project Phase II, begun in 2003, [1] is regarded as the core project under the National River Conservation Plan of Government of India. The project addresses the abatement of severe pollution of the River Yamuna by raising sewage treatment capacity, caused by rapid population growth, industrialization and urbanization in the towns of the river basin, which includes Delhi ...
The Oshiwara River is severely polluted with solid and liquid waste generated by Mumbai. By an estimate by 2012, Delhi's sacred Yamuna river contained 7,500 coliform bacteria per 100cc of water. A number of NGOs, pressure groups, eco-clubs, as well as citizens' movements, have been active in their task to clean the river. [31]
The Yamuna River is one of the most polluted rivers in the world. [77] Agra is the second largest contributor to River Yamuna's pollution, after Delhi. [78] The river's pollution has caused several problems for the Taj Mahal such as 'Attacks by Bugs and their Green Slime', [79] foul stench [80] and corrosion of Taj Mahal's foundation. [80]
Noise pollution is primarily a result of motorcycle and automobile traffic. [10] Water pollution and a lack of solid waste treatment facilities have caused serious damage to the river on whose banks Delhi grew, the Yamuna. Besides human and environmental damage, pollution has caused economic damage as well; Delhi may have lost the competition ...
Namami Gange Programme. Namami Gange Programme is an Integrated Conservation Mission, approved as a Flagship Programme by the Union Government of India in June 2014 with a budget outlay of ₹22,500 crore from 2023–26 to accomplish the twin objectives of effective abatement of pollution, conservation and rejuvenation of National River Ganga. [1]
The Indo-Gangetic Plain, also known as the North Indian River Plain, is a 700-thousand km 2 (172-million- acre) fertile plain encompassing northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, including most of modern-day northern and eastern India, most of eastern- Pakistan, virtually all of Bangladesh and southern plains of Nepal. [1]