Guardian India correspondent Michael Safi takes a journey along the Yamuna river.
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Stretching 855 miles (1,375km) across the north of the country, at its source in the Himalayas its water is crystal clear.
However, once it streams through New Delhi, it turns into one of the filthiest rivers in the world. Rapid urbanisation is partly to blame, but so is lax enforcement of laws against illegal dumping.
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ThE HolY RIvEr🤡🚩😭😭😭🚩
Where in Brampton is this
Only in india where they worship the river but destroy the same thing they worship
9:32 o/ O/
I don't know how this river get direct and in my city Himachal Pradesh it's very clean ❤❤❤
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"basically this is a water crime" DEAD 🤣
India need education
😐🇸🇪👋
berak
The country that never sweeps🎉
Mate you got to be carrying a mental baggage to think that just because the water looks clean it is safe to drink and bathe in.
They should arrange new company tớ clean water
When you treat river as mother ❌
When you treat river as river ✅
Why isn't the UN helping china in the Himalayas agent's India
Bro… This is just depressing to watch
Brainrot Country
devotees are so illeterate
I have studied in this country, the culture and mindset on hygiene is absolutely strange!
Imagine the smell…
The root cause of pollution is their religion..
Until and unless,they change their religion,this problem will never go away.
NAMAMI GANGE!!! HAHAHAAH
It's literally pitch black water
Meanwhile, in canada, we're told we must lower our 1.5% contribution to "climate change" to save the future hahahahhahahahahhahah
Swastika
Lets hope climate change will dry that river up. At least that way it's not flowing into an ocean.
The guy who was saying there’s no dirty water in Yamuna drinks gutter water on regular basis
8:57–8:58 says it all 😂😂
Just North Indian things 🤡 go and check south Indian rivers
Why did they paint a swastika on the bricks?
How many gods do these fools worship,?
😂😂😂😂😂
Ew 🙄