Shared responsibility: Delhi CM Rekha Gupta joins Yamuna clean-up campaign
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday joined volunteers in a Yamuna cleaning campaign and said restoring the river was a shared responsibility of the
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday joined volunteers in a Yamuna cleaning campaign and said restoring the river was a shared responsibility of the people of Delhi as well as the government. According to a statement from the Chief Minister's Office, many young people, volunteers, social organisations and residents took part in the 'Clean Delhi with CM' campaign. Gupta said the Delhi government was working on the scientific, sustainable and comprehensive rejuvenation of the Yamuna, while also trying to turn awareness about river cleanliness into a people's movement.
Read Full Story "Yamuna is not merely a river but Delhi's memory, culture and lifeline. Keeping it clean, pure and free-flowing is not just the responsibility of the government, but the shared responsibility of every citizen," Gupta said during the campaign that was held at Chilla village Ghat. She said the government was modernising sewage treatment plants, setting up new decentralised plants, expanding the sewer network and tapping all drains flowing into the river. Gupta expressed confidence that no untreated drain would flow directly into the Yamuna in the future.
She also said dedicated collection centres, or porta cabins, were being set up across parts of the city for the respectful disposal of puja materials and damaged idols. These materials, she said, would then undergo scientific and systematic recycling and waste management. The chief minister announced that the Delhi government would organise public campaigns every Sunday, including cleanliness drives, Yamuna cleaning campaigns and tree plantation programmes. She appealed to people to join in wholeheartedly, saying only the combined efforts of the government and citizens could achieve the vision of a clean, pure and free-flowing Yamuna.
The campaign brought together volunteers, residents and organisations, while the chief minister used the occasion to underline both the government's ongoing measures and the need for continued public participation in cleaning and rejuvenating the Yamuna. Ends
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