Agra: It has been an agonisingly long wait for the promised barrage on the Yamuna river downstream of the Taj Mahal which is threatened by both air and water pollution. While disposing of the PIL filed by M.C. Mehta, the Supreme Court had on December 30, 1996, directed the Uttar Pradesh government to construct the barrage on the Yamuna. But 27 years have passed, the state government is still dragging its feet on this urgent project, considered necessary to protect heritage structures along the river’s banks. The city has seen many agitations, protests and marches to highlight the pathetic condition of the dry and polluted Yamuna, but the response from the Central and the state governments
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