Delhi Launches Comprehensive Yamuna Cleaning Initiative Following BJP's Election Win

A three-year plan aims to tackle pollution in the Yamuna River using modern equipment, stricter regulations, and inter-agency coordination.

The BJP government has initiated a three-year plan to clean the Yamuna River, fulfilling a key campaign promise made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Delhi Assembly elections.
A four-pronged strategy includes removing trash and silt, cleaning major drains like Najafgarh, monitoring sewage treatment plants (STPs), and constructing new STPs to address a 400 MGD sewage treatment deficit.
Modern equipment such as trash skimmers, weed harvesters, and dredging utility crafts have been deployed to begin cleaning operations in the river and its tributary drains.
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has been directed to enforce rules against industrial units discharging untreated effluents into drains, with weekly monitoring of progress at the highest levels.
Efforts to clean the Yamuna come after years of stalled initiatives, with the National Green Tribunal's earlier attempts hindered by legal challenges and political disputes.