The river enters Delhi relatively clean but by the time it flows out, it's a "toxic cocktail of sewage, industrial waste and surface runoff," says an environmentalist. Urbanization is partly to blame.

The DO at Palla, where the Yamuna enters the city, was 4.6mg/l but dropped to nil when the river reached last two monitoring stations after passing the Shahdara drain inflow and the confluence of ...

New York -- The images appear to show a snow-covered river. The reality is that stretches of one of India’s most sacred rivers, the Yamuna, are covered with toxic foam caused by industrial waste.

The pollution of River Yamuna became a focal point during the Delhi elections 2025. The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party failed to fulfil its promise of cleaning the Yamuna and was voted out of ...

Down the river Yamuna For centuries, the Yamuna has been the city's lifeline. From a pristine water course that mesmerised the Mughals, it now meanders wearily loaded with pollutants.

People rescue cows from a flooded locality after a rise in the water level of the Yamuna River due to heavy monsoon rains, in New Delhi on July 13, 2023. Adnan Abidi/Reuters.

The Yamuna river runs through Delhi, home to some 30 million people, and record monsoon rains have just pushed its water level to a 45-year-high. Latest U.S.

The river enters Delhi relatively clean but by the time it flows out, it's a "toxic cocktail of sewage, industrial waste and surface runoff," says an environmentalist. Urbanization is partly to blame.

The river enters Delhi relatively clean but by the time it flows out, it's a "toxic cocktail of sewage, industrial waste and surface runoff," says an environmentalist. Urbanization is partly to blame.