Peek TV visited the Kalindi Kunj Yamuna Ghat in Delhi on March 18 and found that the entire river was covered in a layer of toxic white and pink foam that was several inches thick.

When we last visited this spot four months ago, the froth was less than what it is now. Back then, the government was spraying chemicals on the river to temporarily settle the froth and make it appear clean. However, as political pressure and public attention shifted away from the Yamuna after Chhath Pooja and the Bihar elections, the chemical spraying stopped, and the Yamuna froth has returned to one of its worst phases.

Our ground report documenting this deterioration over four months raises a serious question - was the government spraying chemicals on the Yamuna merely to make it look clean for the Bihar elections, and not to actually improve the health of one of India’s most important holy rivers?