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Agra, Dec 10: Green warriors in Agra on Sunday demanded urgent measures to save the dying Yamuna river, the lifeline of the Sri Krishna land (Braj Bhoomi), from pollution and restricted flow of fresh water from upstream barrages.
At a people’s conference held at the Etmauddaula View Point, the activists expressed concern and disgust at the continued neglect of the Yamuna river in Agra, the city of the Taj Mahal and other glorious Mughal monuments that attracted millions of tourists round the year.
“More than three decades after the SC intervention in the MC Mehta case, to control environmental pollution in the eco-sensitive Taj Trapezium Zone, conditions in respect of air and water pollution remain almost the same, though over a thousand crores of rupees have been spent on nonspecific schemes,” environmentalist Devashish Bhattacharya said.
The members of the River Connect Campaign demanded a White Paper detailing all the money, and grants, sanctioned under various projects for river cleanup, the various Action Plans, the actual work done, and the results thereof. (IANS)

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