It used to be an almost 2-kilometre-long walk to the water, said Nakshatra Nagar as he pointed to the Yamuna river flowing right next to his village, Kambakshpur. Over the past decade, this village just off the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway has come closer to the Yamuna – maybe too close for comfort for the residents. Locals said that that in the past few years, not only has the river shifted closer to their village, but it has also submerged some of their farms and divided their land holdings.

 

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