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Delhi CM Gupta and Min Verma Lead Yamuna Cleanliness Drive
- •Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and PWD Minister Parvesh Verma participated in the Yamuna cleanliness drive at Haathi Ghat near ITO.
- •CM Gupta noted that thousands of youths, Resident Welfare Associations, and social organizations stepped forward to join the campaign.
- •The Chief Minister highlighted that discarded religious items and ritual remnants contribute significantly to river contamination.
- •Minister Parvesh Verma emphasized that sewage treatment plants and sewer connections are being developed with top leadership support to clean the Yamuna.
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Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and PWD Minister Parvesh Verma participated in a cleanliness drive at Haathi Ghat, highlighting ongoing government measures like removing lakhs of tonnes of silt from drains. Additionally, the government is developing sewage treatment plants and installing sewer connections with the support of central leadership. Portable cabins are also being set up for the respectful and scientific disposal and recycling of puja materials and damaged idols.
Thousands of youths, Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs), and various social and voluntary organizations have stepped forward to actively participate in cleanup drives across Delhi's riverbanks. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta emphasized that keeping the river clean is a shared responsibility of every citizen, transforming public awareness into a broad-based people's movement.
During the cleanliness drives, officials encountered large amounts of items such as garments belonging to deities, broken idols, and various materials used in religious rituals. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta noted that people often leave tons of these remnants in the river, which significantly contributes to the contamination of the Yamuna.
