People hold placards as they form a human chain to clean the polluted waters of river Yamuna laden with foam, on the eve of world environment day in New Delhi on June 4, 2023.

Video. Watch: Hundreds join human chain to save Yamuna river

Hundreds of environmental activists formed a human chain along one of India's holiest rivers, the Yamuna, to raise awareness about pollution ahead of World Environment Day.

Hundreds of environmental activists formed a human chain along one of India's holiest rivers, the Yamuna, to raise awareness about pollution ahead of World Environment Day.

Parts of the Yamuna, which courses through the centre of India's capital New Delhi and is already one of the most polluted waterways in the country, are annually coated in mounds of white foam resembling snowfall.