Mythology has named Yamuna after the sister of Yama, the Hindu God of death. With the presence of toxic pesticides and chemicals in the river, this nomenclature seems prophetic

Segment I: Himalayan: From source to Tajewala; 172 km Segment II: Upper: From Tajewala to Wazirabad; 224 km Segment III: Delhi: Wazirabad barrage to Okhla barrage; 22 km Segment IV:

Delhi gets its water from the following sources off the Yamuna

Agra’s residents drink the waters of the Yamuna which become a ‘green soup’ in the fourth segment

The French manner of dealing with an apathetic government needs to be replicated in the Indian context

The capital s drains are the biggest contributors to the pollution

A study carried out by H C Agarwal, P K Mittal, K B Menon and M K K Pillai of the department of zoology, University of Delhi, published in August 1985, traced DDT residues in water, bottom sediments

“Round-the-clock monitoring by a