Ahead of the US President Donald Trump’s visit to Agra on February 24, water from the Ganga river is being released consistently in order to raise the level of water in the Yamuna and to clean it. This is expected to make the river appear as it should during Trump’s visit to the Taj Mahal situated on the banks of the Yamuna in Agra.
The water level of the Yamuna in Agra is being raised by releasing water from the Ganga. According to officials, the Irrigation department has released 950 cusecs of water into the river Yamuna.
Water from the Ganga canal originating in Uttarakhand is being released from the Hindon Barrage, Harnal Escape and Kota Escape. This additional water is expected to reach Agra by February 23-24.
According to Vikrant Saini, the sub divisional officer of the Irrigation Department of Uttar Pradesh in Haridwar, “As per demand from the Meerut division,we have been releasing 500 cusecs from Hindon Barrage,300 cusecs from Kota Escape and 150 cusecs from Harnal Escape continuously since February 17.”
Since the level of water in the Yamuna is low, the additional water released from the Ganga will revive the Yamuna in Agra if only for some time.
According to official sources, the approximately 1000 cusecs of Ganga water being released will pass through Bulandshahr to the Yamuna river in Mathura which will reach Agra four days after being released.