Yamuna Cleaning

Several major projects aimed at cleaning the Yamuna river in Delhi are reported to be running behind schedule, according to a recent Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) report.

Delhi minister Atishi today said the Public Works Department (PWD) has started pumping out water, cleaning roads and opening them up for traffic movement in view of a fall in the Yamuna water level.

An Indian Navy boat, deployed to help clean the river Yamuna in Delhi, has been docked near the Signature Bridge. The boat will be used to vet Yamuna's potential as a waterway channel.

"All that we have in the Yamuna now is waste water and effluents from industries. The concentration of chemicals in it is so high that we cannot even clean it," Delhi Jal Board's chairman Saurabh Bhardwaj said.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena today said that the effect of the 'Yamuna cleaning campaign' will be clearly visible in the next six months.

The Delhi Assembly on Thursday approved the supplementary grant of Rs 1,028 crore for the project of cleaning the river Yamuna and Delhi Jal Board in the national capital.

As the Delhi government has promised to clean the Yamuna to bathing standards by 2025, the pollution load in the river has increased substantially over the last five years, according to a report by the environment department.

According to complaint, BJP MP Parvesh Verma "spreading false propaganda that officers of the DJB are poisoning the water of Yamuna river"

Delhi Jal Board Vice Chairman Saurabh Bhardwaj on Friday took a swipe at the BJP government over its allegations into Delhi Jal Board's (DJB) Yamuna cleaning exercise and said that the BJP leaders should learn something about "science and technology"

More than Rs 30,000 crore has been sanctioned for projects aimed at cleaning Ganga and its tributaries, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Tuesday.

The Delhi unit of BJP on Sunday slammed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for the "failures" of his government on various fronts, including Mohalla Clinics, Yamuna cleaning, and water supply.

Advancing the deadline for the cleaning of the Yamuna in Delhi, Water Minister Satyendar Jain Tuesday said the river will be completely cleaned by December 2023 and not 2025.

In order to check pollution in the Yamuna river, the Delhi government will implement a six-point action plan to clean the river which is expected to be completed by February 2025, said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today.

The Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today mounted a fresh attack on the Arvind Kejriwal-led government accusing it of banning Chhath celebrations on the Yamuna riverbanks to cover up its failure to clean the river.

Delhi BJP leaders and workers will make a voluntary contribution every month to clean the Yamuna river and its ghats, party president Adesh Gupta said on Wednesday.

Several major projects aimed at cleaning the Yamuna river in Delhi are reported to be running behind schedule, according to a recent Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) report.

Delhi minister Atishi today said the Public Works Department (PWD) has started pumping out water, cleaning roads and opening them up for traffic movement in view of a fall in the Yamuna water level.

An Indian Navy boat, deployed to help clean the river Yamuna in Delhi, has been docked near the Signature Bridge. The boat will be used to vet Yamuna's potential as a waterway channel.

"All that we have in the Yamuna now is waste water and effluents from industries. The concentration of chemicals in it is so high that we cannot even clean it," Delhi Jal Board's chairman Saurabh Bhardwaj said.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena today said that the effect of the 'Yamuna cleaning campaign' will be clearly visible in the next six months.

The Delhi Assembly on Thursday approved the supplementary grant of Rs 1,028 crore for the project of cleaning the river Yamuna and Delhi Jal Board in the national capital.

As the Delhi government has promised to clean the Yamuna to bathing standards by 2025, the pollution load in the river has increased substantially over the last five years, according to a report by the environment department.

According to complaint, BJP MP Parvesh Verma "spreading false propaganda that officers of the DJB are poisoning the water of Yamuna river"

Delhi Jal Board Vice Chairman Saurabh Bhardwaj on Friday took a swipe at the BJP government over its allegations into Delhi Jal Board's (DJB) Yamuna cleaning exercise and said that the BJP leaders should learn something about "science and technology"

More than Rs 30,000 crore has been sanctioned for projects aimed at cleaning Ganga and its tributaries, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Tuesday.

The Delhi unit of BJP on Sunday slammed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for the "failures" of his government on various fronts, including Mohalla Clinics, Yamuna cleaning, and water supply.

Advancing the deadline for the cleaning of the Yamuna in Delhi, Water Minister Satyendar Jain Tuesday said the river will be completely cleaned by December 2023 and not 2025.

In order to check pollution in the Yamuna river, the Delhi government will implement a six-point action plan to clean the river which is expected to be completed by February 2025, said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today.

The Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today mounted a fresh attack on the Arvind Kejriwal-led government accusing it of banning Chhath celebrations on the Yamuna riverbanks to cover up its failure to clean the river.

Delhi BJP leaders and workers will make a voluntary contribution every month to clean the Yamuna river and its ghats, party president Adesh Gupta said on Wednesday.