Unchecked littering has cost us our rivers and this is particularly true about Sabarmati which today has more garbage than water downstream in the city.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/pollution-killed-aquatic-life-sabarmati
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/paul-john
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-ahmedabad
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gujarat
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ahmedabad-d
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sabarmati
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/river-pollution
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticides
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/garbage
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/industrial-waste
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sewage-pollution
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/toxic-wastes
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution