YAMUNA RIVER CLEAN-UP FINDS LITTLE MENTION IN BUDGET SPEECH

A year on since the Delhi government made the Yamuna cleanup a key agenda of the government's environmental focus and budget allocation in 2025-26, the issue failed to find a significant mention in this year's budget on Tuesday.

- Jasjeev Gandhiok

Barring fleeting observations, the focus in the chief minister's budget speech and allocations was mostly confined to the river's periphery, cycle tracks along it, development across the trans-Yamuna region and developing a flood protection “wall” as an embankment along the river.