Overview
- The government-organised “Maa Yamuna Tat Swachhta Abhiyan” mobilised more than 15,000 volunteers and officials to clean 28 major ghats, and the one-day operation removed about 116.6 metric tonnes of waste on Sunday.
- Authorities deployed eight trash skimmers and weed harvesters, 28 boats with trained crews, 28 JCBs, 84 PWD vans and horticulture vehicles and followed on-site segregation so general, construction and pooja waste were processed through designated, environmentally compliant channels.
- Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu directed the Delhi Development Authority to fast-track a phased revival of 32 historic ghats at Yamuna Bazar and to start preparatory work within six months.
- DDA officials told the LG they have already removed roughly 88,574 tonnes of construction waste and 4,998 tonnes of municipal waste, reclaimed about 1,425 acres and completed restoration works across nearly 1,700 hectares of floodplain, with large-scale tree planting and 35 new wetlands.
- Officials present the campaign as a shift from episodic cleanups to an institutional riverfront redevelopment focused on heritage, flood resilience, biodiversity and local livelihoods, but success will depend on sustained inter-agency coordination and timely approvals during the six-month rollout.