As part of the ongoing awareness campaign for the Yamuna River, NMCG and a group of NGOs had organized cleanliness drives at seven Ghats along the Yamuna, in the National Capital. Students from schools participated in Sham Dan activities organized on the seven Ghats, including Kalinda Kuna, Nigambodh Ghats, Signature Bridge, Sonia Vehar Pushto 1, Thakur #17 Sangrur, Thakur #18 Gandhi Nagar and Thokar#21 Gandhi Nagar. Officials from Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) also joined the cleanliness drive, in large numbers. The NGOs which were part of the cleanliness drive include Bharati yam, Rotary Mantuan, Earth Warriors, Yuma Pativrata Foundation, and SYA and so on. This is a regular activity organized on the 4th Saturday of every month. Executive Director (Technical), NMCG, Shri D.P, Mathura took part in the event and interacted with stakeholders, especially young children, on the importance of keeping our rivers clean for a better and sustainable future. He motivated the participants to become part of this Clean Yamuna movement that is gaining momentum. The cleaning of tributaries of River Ganga, especially, Yamuna, is one of the focus areas of Namami Gange Programmed. While 318 MLD STP at Coronation Pillar constructed under the Namami Gange Programmed was commissioned in March, three
Other main STPs on Yamuna funded by the NMCG are targeted to be completed by December 2022. These include Ritual, Kindle and Okhla, which is one of the biggest STPs in Asia. This will help in preventing sewage from drains falling into Yamuna. A total of 12 projects for the treatment of 1,385 MLD sewage have been taken up at a cost of about INR 2,354 crore under Namami Gange Program in Delhi, to abate the pollution in River Yamuna.
