Yamuna changed its course to the east due to a shift in the slope of the earth’s crust caused by plate tectonics.\u00a0 However, much of the destruction is attributed to no major dams along its course, a bad drainage system, encroachments, and many other factors, given below.<\/p>\n
A netizen tweeted, Yes, a river’s floodplain is sacrosanct. Unfortunately, to the majority of policymakers, media, engineers, and bureaucrats, even the term is unfamiliar. No society is as unscientific n selfish as ours.<\/p>\n
A river never forgets! Even after decades and centuries pass, the river would come back to recapture its borders. Yamuna<\/a> reclaims its floodplain. <\/span>#Yamuna<\/a><\/span> #DelhiFloods<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Harsh Vats tweeted, “A river never forgets! Even after decades and centuries pass, the river would come back to recapture its borders. Yamuna reclaims it’s floodplain. #Yamuna #DelhiFloods”<\/p>\n A river never forgets! Even after decades and centuries pass, the river would come back to recapture its borders. Yamuna reclaims it's floodplain. #Yamuna<\/a> #DelhiFloods<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/VGjkvcW3yg<\/a><\/p>\n — Harsh Vats (@HarshVatsa7) July 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n