Indian Union Minister Uma Bharati: Yamuna will be cleaned before Ganga

The clean-up operation of Yamuna will have three stages, she said. "In the short-term plan, pollution caused by discharge of articles used for worshipping would be stopped while in the second stage discharge of drains into Yamuna would be stopped," the minister said. "In the third-term plan, adequate water in Yamuna would be ensured and parallel drains would be constructed," she said. The union minister, who is also the vice president of Ganga river basin authority, claimed that after four years the water of Yamuna would be clean. Read more ›

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