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‘Delhi has to dream bigger... for the first time, Centre, State and MCD have a common goal’: CM Rekha Gupta at Express Adda
July 05, 2025 8:07 am
Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on the ‘triple-engine government’ in Delhi, being a woman politician with no political background, her big plans for the Yamuna and mitigating the Capital’s air pollution. She was in conversation with Vandita Mishra, National Opinion Editor, The Indian Express
Yamuna clean-up op: Delhi govt to map drains, plug sewage leaks
June 04, 2025 3:41 am
Officials said the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has asked to prepare a plan and hire an agency to identify gaps and disconnected drains and sewers and assess the sewerage zones
Need a holistic approach to clean Yamuna with a 20-year vision: Amit Shah
May 23, 2025 3:43 am
Shah’s direction came at a high-level meeting attended by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal, Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, and other senior officials.
Cleaning Yamuna will require more than money, it will need a plan: CSE
May 09, 2025 3:13 am
Maintaining that there is a need to intercept the sewage and not release it back into the drains that carry untreated sewage, the report stated that it must also be ensured that the 22 drains opening to Yamuna are releasing only clean water.
40 STPs, extension of sewer lines: DJB’s Rs 3,104-cr proposal to clean Yamuna
May 08, 2025 4:13 am
The proposal, discussed in a recent meeting of the Finance Department’s Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC), is aimed at covering 416 unauthorised colonies and 115 villages across seven Assembly constituencies, benefitting approximately 35 lakh residents.
PWD minister goes on boat ride along Yamuna, says 1,300 MT of garbage removed in 10 days
March 06, 2025 4:35 am
Cleaning the Yamuna was one of the key promises made by the BJP in the recently concluded Delhi polls. A four-pronged strategy is at the heart of a plan, rolled out by L-G V K Saxena, to clean Yamuna in three years.
The Yamuna myth: Delhi's lifeline isn't what you think
February 16, 2025 11:02 pm
The issue of Yamuna's pollution and the slow death of the river almost always tops the agenda when Delhi goes to polls. But the river really isn't the problem — our lack of understanding is.
AAP hurt Purvanchali sentiments by neglecting Yamuna, says BJP
November 16, 2023 7:26 am
Northeast Delhi BJP MP Manoj Tiwari said, “Today, instead of Ganga water and cow's milk, chemicals and dirty drain water are being discharged into the Yamuna.”
Yamuna cleaner than usual but still short of water quality standards
August 17, 2023 8:50 am
A Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) report on water quality at eight points of the Yamuna in Delhi based on samples collected on August 3 indicates the presence of dissolved oxygen at all eight points, but less than the desired levels.
At Yamuna Sansad, hundreds take the pledge to save river
June 05, 2023 11:02 am
The 'Yamuna Sansad' saw people gathering at Wazirabad, ITO, Kalindi Kunj, Geeta Colony and Old Usmanpur, demanding a ban on dumping of industrial waste and sewage, and revival of the river.
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