Mar 6, 2025 · NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has intensified efforts to clean the Yamuna, with Irrigation and Flood Control Minister Parvesh Verma inspecting the river by boat on Wednesday.

Mar 5, 2025 · "Special drives are being conducted to clean the riverbanks and develop green zones along the river's course in the capital." The minister urged Delhi residents to refrain from polluting the Yamuna.

Mar 6, 2025 · Delhi govt has initiated steps to clean Delhi's lifeline, the Yamuna. All drains in the city will be connected to sewage treatment plants with enhanced capacities to prevent untreated wastewater from flowing into the river. Minister Parvesh Verma said that common effluent treatment plants would also be constructed in industrial areas to deal with chemical waste.

1 day ago · The committee’s latest report on the ‘Review of Upper Yamuna River Cleaning Project Up to Delhi and River Bed Management in Delhi’ was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday. Acting upon a submission by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), the committee observed that the Yamuna was “virtually non-existent” in Delhi due to ...

Mar 5, 2025 · Delhi Minister of Irrigation and Flood Control Parvesh Verma inspected the Yamuna by boat on Wednesday and said 1,300 tonnes of garbage have been removed from the river in the past 10 days.

3 days ago · In February, the cleaning of Yamuna had started based on a four-pronged strategy to free the river from heavy pollution in three years. The work on cleaning the Yamuna had started with trash ...

Mar 5, 2025 · The former chief minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, had also on multiple occasions promised a cleaner Yamuna and that he would take a dip in the river after cleaning it, but not much changed. Verma also said that sewage treatment plants (STPs) would be installed for the 18 major drains in the city that discharge effluents directly into Yamuna ...

5 days ago · In its manifesto for the assembly polls in Feb, BJP promised to clean and rejuvenate the Yamuna. It stated that a ‘Yamuna Kosh' would be set up to revitalise the river to undertake full ...

Feb 17, 2025 · The long-awaited cleanup of the Yamuna River has begun, with modern machines deployed at select ghats as part of a comprehensive three-year plan. Following a high-level meeting convened by Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena, efforts to rid the river of heavy pollution have gained momentum.

Feb 17, 2025 · Ahead of the government formation in Delhi, the cleaning of Yamuna started on Sunday based on a four-pronged strategy to free the river from heavy pollution in three years. Raj Niwas officials said that the work on cleaning the Yamuna has begun with trash skimmers, weed harvesters and a dredger.