A bountiful Yamuna

Today, we had gone on our monthly trip to NOIDA. The sky was overcast and though it was humid, the heat was quite bearable. The traffic was thankfully fast flowing and there were no glitches enroute.

The route taken was through the DND(Delhi-NOIDA-Direct) Flyover and naturally, we'd to negotiate the bridge that straddles the River Yamuna (I prefer this name as it sounds feminine as I feel that rivers have the strength of character of that of a woman. And Jamuna sounds so masculine, in a comparative sense!), just off the Oakhla barrage. After having got used to the sight of an apology of a river with hardly any water and if at all there was some, which was outright filthy, it was so nice to see the Yamuna in full swell. I'd stopped my van for a few minutes, just to take in the rare sight.And for this singular reason, I thank the rains for its persistence!

A swift flowing, clean Yamuna is what Delhi needs to make it majestic in sight! And it's my sincere hope that this magnificent sight continues through the Commonwealth games, so that our foreign guests carry this sight in their memories when they return to their native lands.

Tailpiece.
The fact, however, is that the Yamuna is creeping the danger levels and consequently, a high alert exists. With Haryana, opening the sluice gates of its dams, the entire population living on the banks of the river have been shifted to temporary shelters and the possibility of another spell of rains just cannot be ruled out!!