Even before the formation of the BJP-led government in Delhi, the work of cleaning River Yamuna started in the national capital. During the assembly elections, the issue of revival of River Yamuna was raised loudly by political parties. Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised to clean the Yamuna River during campaigning for the Delhi Assembly elections and now after the BJP’s victory, work on this has started.

On Sunday, modern machines like trash skimmers, weed harvesters and dredge utility craft were used to clean the Yamuna River. This work began after Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena met the Chief Secretary and Additional Chief Secretary (Irrigation and Flood Control) on Saturday and asked them to start the work immediately.

Delhi’s lifeline, the Yamuna River originates from Yamunotri and travels a distance of about 1400 kilometres before it merges with the Sangam in Prayagraj. The condition of this river in Delhi is deplorable and the river is the most polluted here. The issue of pollution in Yamuna is a perineal but it gets noticed usually during Chhath festival after Diwali when devotees gather on the banks of the river to offer prayers.

Till now political parties were only using the river for their political gains without actually doing anything to curb the pollution in it. More than 70 per cent of the water supply of the national capital Delhi is met by the Yamuna River. There even exists a Yamuna Action Plan which was introduced 32 years ago and was implemented in three phases, but despite this, the cleaning of the river remained negligible.

Even after being in power for almost 12 years, the Aam Aadmi Party government led by Arvind Kejriwal could not clean the Yamuna which saw crores of litres of dirty water and industrial waste being released into it without any treatment. With huge amounts of plastic and other waste falling into the Yamuna from encroachments and illegal settlements on the river banks the River........

© News9Live