The 21-day lockdown in the country might have taken a toll on the ‘freedom’ of the people as they are confined to their homes but it has also brought about visible and pleasant revelations to the fore as the air quality has recorded significant improvement since March 25 when the lockdown started.

Just a couple of days back, there was a flurry of social media messages sharing pictures and images of Himachal Pradesh’s Dhauladhar mountain ranges clearly visible from the city of Jalandhar in Punjab.

In fact, it is not only the air quality that has gone north. The river Yamuna, that has been a victim of severe pollution caused mainly by garbage throwing and dumping of industrial waste is also looking unbelievably crystal clear, as could be gauged from the pictures and videos shared on social media.

Mother Earth Is Healing Itself !!

Lockdown Benefits:

Clear Skies , Clean #Yamuna in Delhi.#lockdown #natureishealing pic.twitter.com/rohtQNoj6w

— Supriya Tripathi 🇮🇳 (@saurabh_supriya) April 5, 2020

River Yamuna Sparkles! #TodaysView pic.twitter.com/CWrwmHUQX1

— AISHVARYA JAIN (@aishvaryjain) April 5, 2020

This phenomenon is attributed to the closure of industrial units in Delhi-NCR due to the lockdown, thus resulting in the clarity and fresh look of the otherwise drain-like appearance of the river.

Can you believe this is Yamuna ?

Good side of lockdown@msisodia pic.twitter.com/rQra7q0CyJ

— Supercat 🐈 (@nitro_ciol) April 5, 2020

Post the lockdown, not only has Delhi’s air quality improved considerably, but with industries shutting down Yamuna too appears sparkling clear while flowing through Delhi. only sewage entering directly from residential colonies is the only source of pollution at the moment. pic.twitter.com/l5Pn9L5EQ9

— Anindya Chattopadhya (@ANINDYAtimes) April 5, 2020

Raghav Chadha, the Vice-Chairman of Delhi Jal Board (DJB) said that since toxic wastes and effluents are not being discharged into it, Yamuna has shown a considerable improvement in the quality of the water.

Before lockdown Yamuna river pic.twitter.com/SPCAF9lbMe

— Santosh Kr. Bharti (@SantoshBhartii) April 5, 2020

It took just 15 days for the Yamuna to cleanse itself. Can we still claim we aren’t damaging the planet ? pic.twitter.com/p99bNPpYby

— Samir (@SamirDiwan) April 5, 2020

“Many industries and offices are closed due to the lockdown these days and therefore the Yamuna is looking cleaner these days. The stoppage of industrial pollutants and industrial waste has definitely had a positive effect on water quality. We will conduct testing of the water to ascertain the percentage of improvement in the quality,” said Chadha adding that the improvement in the water quality suggests that there is a strong possibility to clean the river and for that, both the people and the government have to join hands.

Once a frothy and greasy Yamuna,
has become crystal clear.

Mother nature is in a healing mode.

lnstead of spending billions, we have to mend our ways. @narendramodi @ArvindKejriwal pic.twitter.com/hsdtWy06d2

— Sandeep Dhar (@sandeepdhar10) April 5, 2020

The Twitterati shared images and videos of the whole new look of the Yamuna River.

@narendramodi sir may we hope to have such clean Yamuna river like this always even after #COVID19Pandemic @ArvindKejriwal @LtGovDelhi https://t.co/t9tNwwPjAQ pic.twitter.com/ufzbi6jKl3

— Vishal Sharma (@iVishalMN) April 5, 2020

Yamuna river ..
no human = no dirt. it never needed cleaninessdrives actually it needed sensible humans. Corona has gifted life to nature Yamuna breathes again. @GolchaRitvika @Purnima50401731 pic.twitter.com/s5f5O530hi

— Puja Jain (@pujajain79) April 4, 2020

Yamuna river…

Before during
lockdown lockdown pic.twitter.com/223MQqIwcw

— Rajesh nayak (@msd_junior1) April 4, 2020

Before lockdown Yamuna river pic.twitter.com/SPCAF9lbMe

— Santosh Kr. Bharti (@SantoshBhartii) April 5, 2020

What a beautiful sight of Super Clean #RiverYamuna 😍

The stoppage of industrial pollutants and industrial waste has definitely had a positive effect on water quality the Yamuna River.. ❤️😊#NatureHeals #MotherNature #Quarantinestories#QuarantineWithAM #AwesomeMachi pic.twitter.com/aRumqOySjy

— Awesome Machi (@AwesomeMachi) April 5, 2020