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SC: Yamuna not dirty river, its dirty drain [1]

Feb. 4: The apathy of the Centre and the Delhi government towards improving the condition of Yamuna flowing just in the middle of the expanded national capital irked the Supreme Court on Thursday so much that it described the river a "mere ganda nullah (a dirty drain)".

Publication Date: 
05/02/2010
Asian Age (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Water Pollution [3], River Pollution [4], Yamuna [5], Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) [6], Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) [7], Public Interest Litigation (PIL) [8], Supreme Court [9], Delhi [10]
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