Overview
- Chief minister Rekha Gupta inspected desilting at the Sunehri Nala and reviewed the Barapullah Phase-III corridor on December 16.
- About 14,000 of a planned 50,000 metric tonnes of silt have been removed from the 1‑km drain, with DMRC tasked to finish the job before the next monsoon.
- Gupta ordered an audit into how the drain was built without a sustainable cleaning mechanism and directed officials to prioritize speed, quality and transparency.
- The 13.3‑km six‑lane Barapullah corridor, with a 4.3‑km cycle track and a 500‑metre extradosed bridge, is designed to carry around 150,000 vehicles daily between Sarai Kale Khan and Mayur Vihar‑1 and is expected to be ready by June 2026, according to officials.
- The government cited mist sprayers, road repairs and drain delisting as immediate pollution measures and claimed zero stubble‑burning incidents in Delhi in winter 2025 as public scrutiny of air quality intensifies.