That photo would be weird without the context . <| sep |> I ' m not sure why spez did what he did . Of course , most people dislike rthedonald , but by shadow editing the sub , he ' s only made their arguments stronger <| sep |> Eh , we might be tougher , but we ' re not as smooth . That team had 3 legit superstars and this team has maybe 1 or 2 <| sep |> Wealth should be more evenly distributed ? <| sep |># Yamuna carries politics , filth to UP after neardeath in D e l h i s u t r a y a m u n a d e lhiuttarpradeshimgleadimg . jpgThe Taj Mahal , the nation ' s bestknown monument , is facing a threat from pollution . The water of the Yamuna , which flows alongside the 17 thcentury structure , is polluted due to discharge of industrial effluents and garbage clogging the water around the monument . Vipin Kumar Hindustan TimesIn 1569 , Mughal emperor Akbar built what was undeniably the most wellplanned Indian city of the time Fatehpur Sikri . He didn ' t know then that the architectural marvel he planned to turn into his capital would fail him because of water shortage , as the lore goes . Akbar was forced to abandon Fatehpur Sikri for Agra , leaving his dream project to fall into ruins . Water defined the fate of the region then , and little stands changed today , thanks to the miserable state of the Yamuna . The river has been reduced to a stream at many places across Uttar Pradesh , mostly carrying sewage , industrial effluents and dirt . Its water already gravely compromised by Delhi faces death at the hands of politics in a state where caste angles and communal lines define the election syllabus . The Yamuna serves all . There are no divisions polarisation here , that ' s why no one cares about it . It is not on the mind of any political party , says Sumit Gupta Bibhab who lost the previous assembly election on the Congress ' ticket from Agra North . No one asked me a question about Yamuna and its poor state when I campaigned not public , not media , not opposition leaders . The political parties don ' t talk about it because the electorate is not concerned about developmental issues in UP . The politics is done on communal lines . Thousands of crores of rupees have been spent to clean the Yamuna , but its pollution has risen despite decades of planning and poll promises . While politicians have assured of restoring the Yamuna ' s glory , their parties have failed to draw up specific plans to revive the river , considered holy by the Hindus . Gopeshwar Chaturvedi , gesturing in dismay at the dirty Yamuna from a boat at Mathura ' s Vishram Ghat , says politics of votes flows along prominent Yamuna ghats in UP , but only in the election season . Leading politicians announce their intent to do something big for the Yamuna standing here ahead of polls , says Chaturvedi , an activist involved in court battles to save the river . Gopeshwar Chaturvedi , gesturing in dismay at the dirty Yamuna from a boat at Mathura ' s Vishram Ghat , says politics of votes flows along prominent Yamuna ghats in Uttar Pradesh , but only in the election season . Chaturvedi has been involved in several court battles to save the river . Vipin Kumar Hindustan TimesThe Narendra Modiled government made tall promises it has been twoandahalf years , can they prove that their announcements helped . the Yamuna in any big way . He also rues the role of the national capital . Capital shame Delhi the emblem of political will in the country is strangling the Yamuna , snuffing out a life only too crucial for Uttar Pradesh . The 22 km stretch from Wazirabad to Okhla in Delhi is just 2 % of the river ' s length , but it contributes 70 % of the pollution to the Yamuna . A recent Delhi Economic Survey report said the river is grossly polluted . Yamuna is India ' s dirtiest river Total coliform most probable number per 100 millileters water at ten most polluted river water monitoring stations in India , 2014 SOURCE Central Pollution Control Board , Water Quality Database , 2014 The lifeline of the capital is gasping for life , with virtually no aquatic life thanks to around 20 drains that pour untreated sewage into the river . Upstream from Wazirabad , before the river enters Delhi , it is home to turtles , different species of fish , crocodiles and several aquatic plants . A study in the International Journal of Engineering Sciences and Research Technology says the heavily polluted Yamuna water is supplied to the Agra Canal , which is used for irrigation in hundreds of villages . Water pollution levels are several times more than the limit laid down by authorities for irrigation , says RS Dubey , the author of the study . The water should not be used for any other purpose either , he says . A study in the International Journal of Engineering Sciences and Research Technology says the heavily polluted Yamuna water is supplied to the Agra Canal , which is used to irrigate hundreds of villages . RS Dubey , the author of the study , says the water in the canal is dead and can ' t serve any purpose . Vipin Kumar Hindustan TimesKiller in disguise Kitham , around 50 km from Agra , is one of the villages that uses water from the Agra Canal to irrigate farms . The canal receives its supply from the Yamuna at Delhi ' s Okhla . People along a side stream of the canal in the village say there was a time when locals would readily drink its clear water . There are days now when the dirty , black water stinks so much that we are forced eat inside our houses , an employee of the irrigation department says , requesting not to be identified . People across villages in parts of India are culturally accustomed to eating in courtyards . He says the water helps farm yields , but looks ignorant when asked whether the chemicals entering the vegetables create a health hazard . Scientific studies say sewagecontaminated water increases crop yields substantially , but at the cost of food quality . These vegetables grown along the Yamuna become the carriers of heavy metals in our food chain , according to a research paper titled ' Yamuna , the poisoned river ' by The Energy and Resources Institute . With its status close to dead , the Yamuna water is unfit for use even after treatment . Activists say the Yamuna is merely a sickly drain now , and nothing will change until there is a good current in the river . They say part of the problem lies with the Gokul Barrage . Locals say at the upstream of Mathura , the Gokul barrage is decreasing the flow in the Yamuna and thereby polluting the river . Vipin Kumar Hindustan TimesThe filth ' s going nowhere The Gokul Barrage was constructed 15 km southeast of Mathura to trap water for drinking purposes . The water upstream of the barrage has a reduced current , with most of the gates closed to maintain the water level . When we were kids , coins people threw in the water along the banks would shine in shallow water . Delhi has killed the water and it is a ' naala ' now , says Radhe , a certified diver often called upon by the police to fish out bodies from the river . I dive into the drainlike water because people ' s emotions are involved . Radhe , who goes by only one name , says without any flow , the water downstream can ' t be cleaned , causing extremely bad conditions in places such as Agra . The lure of the once glorious Yamuna prompted the Mughals to build the Taj Mahal , Etmaduddaula , Agra Fort and other monuments along its banks . Babar , who laid the basis for the dynasty in the Indian subcontinent , popularly said the water of the river was better than nectar . Your correspondents visited a crematorium near the Taj Mahal on an evening to assess the state of the Yamuna in the area . Other than garbage and religious waste , we spotted a dead cow in the river , around five metres from the bank . With a weak current , the carcass had not moved an inch by the next morning , attracting a dog to bite into the rotting flesh . We spotted a dead cow in the Yamuna just a few hundred metres away from the Taj Mahal . The carcass did not move an inch overnight , eventually attracting a dog to bite into the rotting flesh . Vipin Kumar Hindustan TimesIn November 2015 , the Supreme Court ordered the UP government to remove the woodburning crematorium to protect the monument of love from pollution damage . 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