2 weeks ago
Delhi to Replicate Sabarmati Model for Yamuna Riverfront Cleanup
A leader from Delhi named Parvesh Verma went to a city called Ahmedabad to see a beautiful riverfront there.
The river in Ahmedabad, called the Sabarmati, used to be dirty, but people cleaned it up and made it nice.
Now Delhi wants to do the same thing for its river, the Yamuna.
The government says some people who were in charge of cleaning the Yamuna before did not do a good job with the money.
They will file police reports against those people.
They also want to build a big special place for Chhath Puja prayers near the river.
They will build new sewage treatment plants so dirty water doesn't go into the river.
They will also help people who wash clothes by giving them modern places to work.
The leader says the Prime Minister supports this plan.
The goal is to make the Yamuna riverfront clean and beautiful like the Sabarmati.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Parvesh Verma visited Ahmedabad's Sabarmati Riverfront to study its rejuvenation model.
The Delhi government plans to replicate the Sabarmati model to transform the Yamuna into a world-class riverfront.
FIRs will be filed over financial irregularities in previous Yamuna cleanup projects once a pending CAG report is submitted.
A 60 crore fund was approved for a grand Chhath Ghat at Kalindi Kunj, to be completed within a year.
The Delhi Jal Board will close the sewage treatment capacity gap in two years and add sewer connections for millions of households in 18 months.
- Who
- Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Parvesh Verma, leading a delegation of officials
- What
- Announced plans to replicate the Sabarmati Riverfront model for Yamuna rejuvenation, including FIRs over cleanup irregularities, a new Chhath Ghat, and sewage infrastructure upgrades
- Where
- Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad; planned work along the Yamuna Riverfront in Delhi
- When
- Monday, when Verma visited Ahmedabad; the Chhath Ghat is to be completed within a year, the sewage capacity gap bridged in two years, and sewer connections added within 18 months
- Why
- To address pollution, past financial irregularities in cleanup projects, and transform the Yamuna into a world-class riverfront
Key facts
- Key figure
- Parvesh Verma, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister
- Model to replicate
- Sabarmati Riverfront, Ahmedabad
- Chhath Ghat fund
- 60 crore for Kalindi Kunj (Kalka Ji Kunj area)
- Chhath Ghat timeline
- Within one year
- Sewage treatment gap
- To be bridged within two years
- Sewer connections
- Millions of households within 18 months
- Legal action
- FIRs to be filed after CAG report on Delhi Jal Board expenditures
- Chhath devotees last year
- Nearly ten lakh
Quotes
Parvesh Verma
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister
“We already have one CAG report and are awaiting another report regarding the Delhi Jal Board's expenditures. The Comptroller and Auditor General raised severe questions about hundreds of crores spent on sewage treatment plants that either never operated or ran far below capacity. We have sent the CAG findings to the committee, and as soon as the report is submitted, we will start filing FIRs against those responsible.”
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