Chhath puja: devotees in Delhi take dip as toxic foam floats on Yamuna

On the first day of three-day Chhath pooja in national capital Delhi, several devotees took a dip in Yamuna as toxic foam covered the surface of the water body.

Numerous devotees completed the rituals for first day in the river water which currently has increased ammonia levels.

This has also hit the city’s water supply as the Yamuna river is way too contaminated for consumption.

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Meanwhile, as the last-minute preparations for the festival the ghats of the national capital are being cleaned.

DJB vice-chairman Raghav Chadha earlier said water production by the treatment plants was hit due to heavy sewage and industrial discharge from Haryana.

Chhath Puja is a festival dedicated to the Sun God and is mainly observed by the people from Bihar, Jharkhand and bordering areas in Uttar Pradesh.

To curb pollution in the river, the Delhi government had, in June this year, prohibited the sale, storage, transportation, and marketing of soaps and detergents not conforming to the latest BIS standards.