A cruise, a dip and a camera crew. But has the Yamuna actually become cleaner? Delhi government wants you to believe it has. Its own pollution reports tell a different story.

Newslaundry reports from the ground to show how clean water is piped into artificial ghats, why politicians choose particular stretches for their dips, and what lies downstream of the photo ops.

Watch the gap between the government’s publicity and the water you aren’t supposed to see.

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