River Yamuna situated in Delhi is blue and clean amid the COVID-19 lockdown due to the closure of factories.

Statement by Vice-Chairman Raghav Chadha of DJB and news coverage by proves that Yamuna river is cleaner but still has the polluted foam.

Statement by Vice-Chairman Raghav Chadha of DJB and news coverage by proves that Yamuna river is cleaner but still has the polluted foam.Recently an image of Yamuna river situated in Delhi, circulated on social media claiming that the Yamuna river looks blue and clean amid the COVID-19 lockdown as the factories are shutdown has gone viral.

Raghav Chadha, the Vice-Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), said that a survey of the Yamuna river water has found improvement in its quality. He also added that the factors that have helped for the improvement in the river are closures of industries in Delhi and its surrounding areas due to lockdown as the industrial discharge is not going to the river.

Live news covered by ABP news shows that the river Yamuna has come out cleaner after the COVID-19 lockdown but the contaminated froth still subsists on the river.