Archive · 2 Oct 2026
Delhi Announces Yamuna Cleanliness Drive With University Student Pledge
Delhi is starting a large campaign to help clean the Yamuna River.
Thousands of students from 30 Delhi University colleges will join on October 18.
They will promise to help protect the river.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta also launched an app called ‘Main Bhi Yamuna Prahari’.
The app lets people register and join the campaign.
Gupta said the government cannot clean the river alone.
She asked young people to encourage their families and communities to help.
Officials said more than Rs 3,000 crore has been allocated for cleaning the Yamuna.
The campaign is connected to wider cleanliness activities held around Gandhi Jayanti.
Thousands of students from 30 Delhi University colleges will pledge to protect and clean the Yamuna on October 18.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta launched the ‘Main Bhi Yamuna Prahari’ app under the Seva Sankalp Campaign.
Gupta urged students, teachers and citizens to register on the app and involve their families and communities.
Union Minister of State Harsh Malhotra said more than Rs 3,000 crore has been allocated for Yamuna cleaning.
The initiative is part of broader cleanliness campaigns linked to Gandhi Jayanti and the Swachh Bharat programme.
- Who
- Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, students from 30 Delhi University colleges, and citizens participating in the campaign.
- What
- A Yamuna cleanliness and conservation drive, including a student pledge and the launch of the ‘Main Bhi Yamuna Prahari’ app.
- When
- The student pledge is scheduled for October 18; the broader cleanliness campaign runs from October 2 to October 31.
- Where
- Delhi, including the Delhi University Sports Complex and the Yamuna.
- Why
- To increase public participation in cleaning and conserving the Yamuna and to help prevent sewage from entering the river.
- Student participation
- Students from 30 Delhi University colleges will take the conservation pledge.
- Pledge date
- October 18
- App launched
- ‘Main Bhi Yamuna Prahari’
- Campaign
- Seva Sankalp Campaign
- Funding announced
- More than Rs 3,000 crore allocated for Yamuna cleaning.
- Wider cleanliness period
- October 2 to October 31, from Gandhi Jayanti to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s birth anniversary.
- Sewage control
- Work is underway to prevent sewage from entering the Yamuna.