‘Eco-Friendly’ Spray To Prevent Yamuna Frothing During Chhath

Six-Member Committee Set Up To Oversee Measures

- Siddhanta Mishra

New Delhi:To prevent the ugly pollution froth on the Yamuna at Kalindi Kunj when devotees gather there for Chhath puja, the river will be sprayed with an anti-surfactant. The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has constituted a sixmember committee to oversee froth control measures.

According to NMCG, members of the Upper Yamuna River Board, UP irrigation department, Delhi Jal Board, Delhi irrigation and flood control department and Delhi Pollution Control Committee have been included in the special committee to formulate ways to control froth downstream of the Okhla barrage at the time of the Chhath puja.