New Delhi: The plan to supply clean water to lakhs of people in Delhi and repair sewer lines to drain dirty water and eliminate pollution of the Yamuna river is going to gain momentum from Thursday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of a total of 19 projects worth more than Rs 1816 crore to build a modern sewerage network in Delhi. These projects include schemes related to clean water supply as well as many special projects to make Yamuna clean and clean.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on this occasion that making the Yamuna river clean is our priority, for this the central government is providing full support. The CM described Amit Shah sitting on the stage as the iron man of modern India. He said whenever he asked for time for Delhi, he gave his time.
Home Minister Amit Shah, who arrived as the chief guest at the function held at the Keshopur sewage treatment plant in Delhi, first remembered and paid tributes to the first state BJP president VK Malhotra. He told the story of Delhi’s development during his tenure. Recalling the work of the past years under the leadership of PM Modi, he said that with his vision, we will celebrate the hundred years of independence in 2047, then the country will be number one in the world.
Home Minister Amit Shah said that the 19 projects that have been inaugurated and the foundation stone laid today include a contribution of 25 percent in cleaning the Yamuna. The Yamuna river meets from Uttarakhand to UP. Now there is a BJP government in all these states. The speed at which the work of cleaning Yamuna is going on, not only Delhi but also Prayagraj will be cleaned of Yamuna.
No mountain of garbage will be seen by 2028:
Regarding the garbage mountain in Delhi, he said that on January 1, 2028, no mountain will be visible there. Work has begun to develop a beautiful park there. In his address, Home Minister Shah listed the scandals that took place during the tenure of the Kejriwal government and said that there was no scandal during the tenure of the Modi government and the tenure of the BJP government.
Cleanliness of Yamuna river is the top priority:
Ahead of the Union Home Minister’s address, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that the revival and cleanliness of the Yamuna river are among the top priorities of the government. First the 15-year Congress government was gone, then the 11-year-old AAP government also left. No one took care of Yamuna. The central government gave two thousand crore rupees to the then government under the Amrit Ek and Amrit Do schemes, but nothing happened. The Yamuna is not just a river but the lifeblood of Indian culture and civilization, whose serenity is a symbol of both our faith and environmental commitment. Our government has a clear goal to make Yamuna pollution-free, clean and revived.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that the cleanliness campaign of Yamuna was specially included in the election manifesto of the Delhi government. Now the time has come to take this promise off the ground. The Home Minister has many problems across the country, but despite that, whenever we asked him for work, he has given full help. The cleaning of Yamuna was stinging the people of Delhi like colic. There were many governments but no one tried on how the Yamuna would be clean. It has just been made a political issue, since the BJP government was formed, the home ministers of the Modi government have held a meeting every month on the cleaning of the Yamuna. STP will be made on large drains, Yamuna will be clean. This time Chhath Ghat will be built on Yamuna Ghat. First Chhath cannot be celebrated on the ghat of Yamuna, but this time Chhath will be celebrated with pomp on both sides of Yamuna.
Focus on removing sewerage problems: These special efforts focus on removing the decades-old water and sewerage problems, which are continuously polluting the Yamuna river. These plans mainly include the construction and repair of sewage treatment plants and sewer lines. These schemes also include booster pumping stations to efficiently deliver clean drinking water to remote areas.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that the Yamuna cleanliness campaign will get an effective boost in these projects. These projects are an integral part of the broader drive to make the Yamuna river pollution-free. Sewage treatment plants (STPs) are also being built along 22 major drains in the capital to prevent dirty water from flowing directly into the river. The water purified from them will go into the river and prevent pollution. With this, Yamuna will start to be clean and clean forever. At the same time, Delhi’s Water Minister Pravesh Verma said in the welcome speech that my Yamuna, which comes out of Yamunotri and comes to Delhi, then the government in the last 27 years, whether it was of the Congress or the Aam Aadmi Party, has not cleaned the Yamuna. Explaining the religious importance of the river, he said that whatever cooperation will be from our side, we will all do it for the cleaning of Yamuna.
