Overview
- Video from Kalindi Kunj on Sunday showed thick layers of white foam on the Yamuna, days after the chief minister said the river was clean.
- DPCC and civic teams began spraying anti-foaming agents at the site, a step that reduces visible froth but does not address underlying pollution sources.
- AAP Delhi chief Saurabh Bharadwaj challenged CM Rekha Gupta and minister Parvesh Verma to drink a litre of Yamuna water and accused the government of using the same chemical the BJP earlier criticized as harmful.
- BJP representatives rejected the allegations, asserted that AAP failed to clean the river while in power, and pledged the Yamuna would be fit for bathing by the end of 2026.
- Environmental experts link the foam to untreated sewage, detergents and industrial discharge, warning of health and ecological risks as authorities also prepare ghats for Chhath Puja later this month.