taking a holy dip into this river every morning. Yet its condition is shockingly horrible. It has been converted into a ‘big nallah’(gutter).

To check the pollution of Yamuna a PIL was filed in the Hon’ble High Court of Allahabad. Different agencies of UP govt. were pressed into action for dealing with this problem. Japan Bank of International Co-operation extended grant of millions of dollars to establish sewerage treatment plant, low cost toilets and for tapping the drains of Vrindavan and Mathura. A nodal officer of UP Govt. was appointed to supervise the work. A committee was formed to assist the Nodal officer. It is unfortunate that nothing substantial was done by these people. Nallahs continue to pour into Yamuna. Sewerage treatment plant is non-functional. The work done is of very poor quality. End result is that we are back to square one. Yamuna is 10 million times more polluted than its tolrance limit.