Archive for September 29th, 2013
Yamuna’s plight highlighted on World Rivers Day
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 29th, 2013
Reuters: Green activists Sunday walked along the Yamuna to the Taj Corridor to highlight the plight of the river burdened by human waste and industrial pollutants. The 'Walk for Yamuna' was undertaken on World Rivers Day, to draw attention to rivers facing severe and increasing threats associated with climate change, pollution and industrial development. "But in the past two decades, all kinds of pollutants and toxics are freely flowing into the river," said an organiser of the walk, Shravan Kumar Singh....