Overview
- Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said Chhath rituals will be permitted on the Yamuna this year and that past cases against devotees will be withdrawn.
- The government is preparing over 1,000 official sites across Delhi, while BJP leaders say celebrations will span about 1,500 ghats, reflecting differing counts.
- Plans include 17–18 model ghats on the Yamuna and district-level model sites featuring cultural programmes in Bhojpuri and Maithili.
- A single-window system will streamline permissions for organisers, with municipal nodal officers coordinating arrangements across zones.
- Authorities pledge lighting, sanitation, drinking water, mobile toilets, ambulances, fire safety and security at major ghats, as the CM briefed the PM on preparations and Clean Yamuna measures such as expanded sewage treatment and stricter effluent monitoring.