(29 Oct 2024)
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New Delhi – 29 October 2024
1. Various aerials of polluted Yamuna river, one of India’s most sacred rivers, covered with white toxic foam, caused in part by pollutants discharged from industries around the city ++MUTE++
2. Motorboat trying to clear the toxic foam
3. Various of toxic foam in the river
4. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Shishupal Kumar, worker:
“This is Delhi’s Yamuna River. People come here from far off places to perform religious rituals. The river has become completely dirty. It is full of chemicals. It looks as if snowfall has happened here, like it happens on mountains.”
5. Various of toxic foam being mitigated by government workers using boats and nets
6. Wide of toxic foam in the river
7. Various of men in boats rowing boats near the banks of the polluted Yamuna River
8. Wide of cattle feeding on grass on the banks of the river
9. Wide of birds on the river
10. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Devesh Juyal, priest:
“We would never want to make the river dirty. We don’t even allow the devotees to immerse flowers in the river for religious rituals. They are allowed just to sprinkle some water and perform ritual. No use of oil or soap is allowed.”
11. Various of toxic foam in the river
12. Various aerials of toxic foam in the river ++MUTE++
13. Wide of India Gate, an iconic war memorial, partially visible under the layer of polluted air, people jogging
14. Wide of President’s Palace, completely invisible, enveloped in polluted air, people jogging
15. Mid of people jogging in polluted air
16. Mid of a person doing yoga
17. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Imran Khan, student:
“Delhi is India’s capital and it is so polluted that we can’t breathe properly here. People are here for jogging and they are facing problems too. Our environment should be cleaner than this. Otherwise this is going to cause breathing issues and diseases. It is very polluted.”
18. Various of buildings enveloped in pollution with low visibility
19. Various aerials of buildings enveloped in pollution with low visibility ++MUTE++
STORYLINE:
One of India’s most sacred rivers, the Yamuna in New Delhi, is covered with white toxic foam, with vast sections frothing as a result of pollutants discharged from industries around the city.
The pollution poses a severe health threat to residents since the river provides more than half of the Indian capital’s water.
New Delhi also has some of the world’s most polluted air every year, and the current festival season is exacerbating the situation.
On Tuesday, the air-quality index deteriorated to “a very poor” reading of 273, 18 times more than the World Health Organization’s quality guidelines.
The tiny PM 2.5 particulate matter can enter deep into the lungs and cause diseases.
Still, Hindu devotees have not given up their religious practices at the Yamuna. On Tuesday morning, a young couple was among a group that visited the river bank, had a dip, and then left.
Imran Khan, a student, said one can’t breathe properly in Delhi’s polluted air.
"People are here for jogging, and they are facing problems, too. Our environment should be cleaner," he said.
Shishupal Kumar, a contract worker, said people visit the river from far-off places to perform religious rituals.
"The river has become completely dirty. It is full of chemicals. It looks like snowfall has happened here, like it happens on mountains," Kumar said.
The 1,376-kilometer (855-mile) Yamuna is one of the holiest rivers for Hindus. It is also among the most polluted in the world.
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