Delhi fights Yamuna toxic foam by spraying water. Internet responds with sarcasm
India Today
The worker, identified as Ashok Kumar, was specially instructed to spray water on Yamuna and it prompted a flurry of memes on Twitter.
The shocking pictures and videos of devotees standing in waist-deep toxic foam in the Yamuna River are something that manages to make headlines every year. This year was also no different. On Monday, several clips of women taking a dip in the polluted river were doing the rounds on the internet. However, this year, the Delhi Jal board came up with a ‘solution’ to the toxic foam problem. #WATCH | "We are sprinkling water in the Yamuna to dissipate toxic foam," says Ashok Kumar, Delhi Jal Board employee pic.twitter.com/4waL2VsM7T When you have to water a river... https://t.co/0aDwv6WvMC Big brain moment! And how will dissipating toxic foam make water any less dangerous?Next they'll spray oxygen from oxygen cylinders in the air to disperse the smog. Delhi Jal Board to Yamuna Pollution: pic.twitter.com/9bkiekrggs And i'm spraying oil on my puris to reduce their calories. pic.twitter.com/cM8L1CY63T pic.twitter.com/VKnhQxr19p Once upon a time i use to wipe beaches .... pic.twitter.com/YNZ3ORqZ8Z Same energy... pic.twitter.com/MnrzARYi1P Same Energy pic.twitter.com/JT244I860Q pic.twitter.com/W87XsfaH9n
A video shared on Twitter by news agency ANI shows a worker sprinkling water on the Yamuna to keep the foam away from the shore. And that’s not all. The worker, identified as Ashok Kumar, was specially instructed to do so the whole day.
