The Dying River - River Yamuna by Ria Puri

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Mouth of the River

River - Ganga

City - Allahbad

State - Uttar Pradesh

Exact location - Treveni Sangam

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the journey was effortful

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clear blue our river Yamuna

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Source of the river

Yamunotri,Champasar glacier

Known as seat of Goddess Yamuna

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The flow of the river

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You can make a difference

princessriapuri — 2015-01-31 06:28:34 UTC

Some people do care

princessriapuri — 2015-01-31 06:33:26 UTC

We worship this river but we have still made it a place to dump your garbage

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Extra Facts

length of river - 1,376

Yamuna sometimes is called Jamuna.

Most sacred river

River Ganga's biggest tributary.

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What is wrong with our river

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What have NGO's done

1. YAP (Yamuna action plans)

- YAP1 YAP 2 and Yap 3 spend 200 crore

to clean the Yamuna

Green tribunal verdict - have decided if anyone found dumping debris on Yamuna will have to pay a fine of 5 lakhs

3. The director of DMRC promised to shift the debris dumped on the banks to Buhari

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What you can do to help

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Human Impacts

1. It has 0 amount of oxgen

2. No marine life

Arsenic ( a harmful element) has

increased 20 times in 20 years

4. today's most polluted river in

the world.

5. Full of excreta

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What we do

1. New Delhi dumps - 58 percent

of waste into the river.

2. 500 factories exist on the banks of

river Yamuna and all their waste (leather

, discharging, chromium, arsenic and cadmium)

Need to be blamed

Industrial sector

poor sewage system

Saturated land fills

Human settlement

Agricultural waste

Local people - Wash clothes, Utencils

defecate around or in the river

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1.On world environmental day - students

can go along the most polluted stretch

and sensitize people.

2.Doing campaigns in school and collages

3. Camping near banks of Yamuna and interact

with villagers

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