Hours after the innovative protest of taking dip in polluted Yamuna river, Virendra Sachdeva suffered several skin ailments and had to visit a hospital for treatment.
According to a Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) report released in May this year, out of the 35 operational STPs, 22 were not meeting the prescribed standards impacting the quality of Yamuna River's water.
As half of Delhi remains engulfed in flood-like conditions, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued predictions of light to moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorms for the next 4-5 days in the national capital.
Prior to this, Delhi's Arvind Kejriwal govt had come up with quite a logic-defying technique of sprinkling water on the river Yamuna to dissipate the toxic foam