Rivers heal during lockdown

Lockdown has shown the brighter side in nature's healing, restrictions on roads and industries have lowered pollution levels both in air and water, most rivers along with Yamuna and Ganga have shown significantly cleaner water and healthier marine life.

Lockdown might seem mundane and tough to most of us, but it has a brighter side too

Self replenishment in nature has shown the silver lining

Restrictions on roads and factories have lead to a drop in air and water pollution levels

Yamuna river, which has been plagued by pollution for years, shows drastic improvement in water quality

The pictures and videos of Yamuna, after 12 days of lockdown show marine life and the return of migratory birds.

The air quality in the city also improved significantly after the 21-day lockdown starting from March 25.

The pictures of the improving river went viral on social media.

The river was overflowing with bubbling filth just before the lockdown started

The health of Ganga River has also seen significant improvement since lockdown

Lockdown has led to reduction in dumping of industrial waste into the rivers, say experts

With 1.3 billion people instructed to stay home, nature has definitely healed itself

The Ganga river water has becomes suitable for bathing at most monitoring centres

According to the real time water monitoring data of the CPCB...

...out of 36 points,the water quality around 27 points was suitable for bathing and propagation of wildlife and fisheries.

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Earlier, other than stretches in Uttarakhand and a couple of places as the river enters Uttar Pradesh....

... the river water was found to be unfit for bathing the whole way till it drains into the Bay of Bengal in West Bengal

Experts said that the health of all major rivers has improved during lockdown

Environmentalists suggest, it is a very good time to study the level of pollution coming from the industry.

The improvement is also visible in river Hindon which is a tributary of Ganga

Industrial effluent has nearly finished and that is why the water quality has improved, say experts

The water quality is expected to further improve in the coming days till the enforcement of lockdown.