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1,300 tonnes of garbage removed from Yamuna in past 10 days: Parvesh Verma
Delhi Minister of Irrigation and Flood Control Parvesh Verma inspected the Yamuna by boat on Wednesday and said 1,300 tonnes of garbage have been removed from the river in the past 10 days. Cleaning the Yamuna was one of the key promises made by the BJP for the recently-concluded Delhi Assembly polls. "In 2023, Delhi faced a flood. Previously, all the floodgates were closed, but now they have been repaired and raised to prevent future flooding," Verma said. "Our biggest commitment is to completely clean and restore the Yamuna. As of now, 1,300 metric tonnes of garbage have been removed in the last 10 days. The Delhi Development Authority will restore the riverbed and encroachments are being removed," the minister said. He also said sewage treatment plants (STPs) will be installed for the 18 major drains that discharge effluents into the river. "Complaints will be addressed, new STPs will be set up and the capacity of existing ones will be increased. All STPs are expected to be ...
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Atishi, AAP MLAs protest against Delhi govt over Mahila Samriddhi Yojana
LoP Atishi said they were not protesting but waiting for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to implement the scheme
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Aim to transform landfill site into green land within a year: Rekha Gupta
CM Gupta further added, We will carry out observations on a monthly basis, and we will visit all three landfill sites
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