Many devotees offered Araghya to the rising sun as toxic foam floated on the banks of polluted Yamuna river in New Delhi during the Chhath Puja on Monday. Videos and pictures being shared on social media showed large amounts of toxic foam floating in the polluted Yamuna river, as devotees stood in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to reports the toxic foam is due to the presence of high phosphate content in the river. This polluted foam can also cause respiratory and skin problems. Delhi\u2019s Aam Aadmi Party has made many promises to the people of Delhi to clean up the Yamuna river. But the situation has become bad to worse.The video has gone viral with more than 55,500 views<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aam Aadmi Party minister Atishi made an inspection of the Burari Ghat and said the froth in the Yamuna will be cleared soon. Atishi told the media that food grade chemicals and enzymes are being sprinkled by 10 boats last night. She assured that the toxic foam will vanish in the next two days. She appealed to the Uttar Pradesh government to not send polluted water to New Delhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n