Yamuna: Which Once Flowed in India and Why it cannot be Thames

With increasing population of London River Thames got more and more populated.The process started with famous "Industrial Revolution". So much so that once it was called "Place of Death". There were many attempts to clean up but to no avail. Then came year 2000 and and it became boon for the Thames.In the new 2000 initiative people living along the river clean it up themselves at least a day in a year.Today population of London is around 1 crore and it is a thriving city but the pollution is around level zero.According to city planners,Thames is as clean as it was 150 years before.

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1. Sahana, that is a shocking numbers, is that raw (untreated) sewage or partially treated? Sewage has good recycling/reuse potential!

2. Thanks Sahana. Can you post this comment on my blog too? Thanks Again. What you suggest?

3. Yamuna is one of the most polluted rivers in the world, especially around Delhi, the capital of India which dumps about 57% of its waste into the river. Delhi alone contributes around 3,296 million litres per day of sewage in the river. How we could expect yamuna to become Thames? See the TOI news of this week here http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-11/delhi/37622895_1_unauthorized-colonies-stps-sewage-generation Dear Rashid, I am associate with Ganga Bachao program but I am afraid its not going to have any impact.