Amount spent in an attempt to curb pollution in the Sabarmati river from 2014-15 to 2017-18. But the pollution has only worsened, inviting wrath from the Gujarat High Court, which has reprimanded the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB). The High Court observed that the root cause of pollution in the Sabarmati was the lack of accountability on part of the authorities, as there appears to be a nexus between the officials and industries that discharge untreated effluents into the river stream, polluting its water.