Before Ganga, Narendra Modi should focus on cleaning Yamuna

Yamuna holds a great importance to four states - Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi and Haryana, where its water are the lifeline of millions of people and is full of industrial chemicals dumped by factories in Delhi, Haryana and even Mathur
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi promised people of Varanasi that he will make the Ganga pollution-free. Reuters
The mission of cleaning up the Ganga will remain incomplete without first cleaning the Yamuna - the biggest contributor of pollutants into the Ganga
Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi promised people of Varanasi that he will make the Ganga pollution-free, like the Sabarmati in Gujarat.

But Modi probably neglected the fact that the mission of cleaning up the Ganga will remain incomplete without first cleaning the Yamuna which is the biggest contributor of pollutants into the Ganga.

Just like the Ganga internationally projects the religious heritage of India, the Yamuna forms the backdrop of the Taj Mahal in Agra which is the tourism ambassador of India.

Both rivers have their importance but Yamuna holds a great importance to four states - Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi and Haryana, where its water are the lifeline of millions of people.

However, once the river passes through Delhi, it becomes so infested with sewage that by the time it reaches Agra, it is nothing but a huge sewage drain, full of industrial chemicals dumped by factories in Delhi, Haryana and even Mathur a. Tha religious heritage of india. The yamuna formar tha back drop of tha taj