We will clean the Yamuna before next LS polls: Shah

Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday slammed the previous Aam ‘Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi government for failing to keep its promise of cleaning the Yamuna river and said it was this administration’s priority as he unveiled 19 projects worth Rs 1,816 crores meant to rejuvenate the river.

- Paras Singh

Shah said the task of cleaning the river will be completed by 2028, before the next Lok Sabha polls.

Shah said that a comprehensive plan has been prepared to rejuvenate the Yamuna — not just in Delhi, but all the way to Prayagraj, in Uttar Pradesh, where the river meets the Ganga. “When BJP formed the government in Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that cleaning the Yamuna will be our topmost priority...Various people have made this claim including the previous “AAPda’ government who had promised to take a dip in the Yamuna but did not...People of Delhi drowned them instead.”

“We assure that the work of cleaning Yamuna will be completed before the next Lok Sabha polls,” Shah said.

The union home minister was addressing a public gathering in West Delhi's Keshopur for the inauguration of Il projects and laying of foundation stones for eight others, with primary focus on sewage treatment, expansion of sewage network and the cleaning of the Yamuna.