Green activists in Agra have launched a campaign to rejuvenate several rain-fed tributaries of the Yamuna basin that have dried up, turning the vast rural hinterland of the district into a wasteland.

Taj City is all geared up for the coming International Yoga Day on June 21. District officials have drawn up an elaborate plan to involve all sections of the society to popularise Yoga.

In a dramatic turn of events, the weather in Agra shifted dramatically from scorching heat to heavy rain accompanied by strong winds.

As tourists revel in Yamuna cruises in Mathura, Agra's iconic Taj Mahal is left parched. The Yamuna River suffers from severe neglect, with toxic pollutants floating in the air and bacterial colonies emitting a noxious stench.

River activists in Agra are up in arms over the government's delay in executing the Supreme Court's directive to de-silt the Yamuna riverbed.

Though a lot of water has flown down the river Yamuna in Agra after the 1993 intervention by the Supreme Court to protect the Taj Mahal and other world heritage sites in the Taj Trapezium Zone the environmental crisis has only worsened over the years.