Agra: Eco-activists in Agra on Sunday floated hundreds of paper boats in Yamuna, seeking to remind Union tranport and shipping minister Nitin Gadkiri of his promise made in Decemeber 2014 that people soon would be able to sail from Delhi to Agra in the river.
Hundreds of paper boats were floated in the Yamuna as activists shouted slogans and demanded urgent measures to revive the river.
Devashish Bhattacharya of River Connect Campaign said Mr Gadkari on December 3, 2014 had said, people will soon be able to go to Agra "sailing" on the Yamuna as the Centre had sought "help from the Netherlands government for the ambitious project that includes building barrages and water terminals on both sides of the river."
"Soon people can go to Agra via Delhi through Yamuna...We will float a Cabinet note within 10 days to specify works for the project by our Ministry and the Delhi Government," Mr Gadkari had said.
Hundreds of paper boats were floated in the Yamuna as activists shouted slogans and demanded urgent measures to revive the river.
Devashish Bhattacharya of River Connect Campaign said Mr Gadkari on December 3, 2014 had said, people will soon be able to go to Agra "sailing" on the Yamuna as the Centre had sought "help from the Netherlands government for the ambitious project that includes building barrages and water terminals on both sides of the river."
"Soon people can go to Agra via Delhi through Yamuna...We will float a Cabinet note within 10 days to specify works for the project by our Ministry and the Delhi Government," Mr Gadkari had said.
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