On 8th June, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced the government will launch a massive Yamuna Cleanliness Campaign on 14th June. The drive will encompass clean-up and awareness programmes planned at several ghats across the national capital.
More than 500 NGOs, religious, educational, and voluntary organisations are set to participate in the campaign. The Delhi government described the Yamuna Cleanliness Campaign as a way to bolster public participation in environmental conservation and river-cleaning initiatives.
Delhi Police, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Health Department, and other concerned authorities have been directed to ramp up measures for sanitation, security, traffic management, drinking water, and emergency services, ahead of the campaign’s launch.
Taking to X, CM Rekha Gupta published a video message giving a call to Delhi residents to join the Yamuna Cleanliness Campaign, and highlighted that keeping our rivers clean is a collective responsibility.
𝟱𝟬𝟬+ 𝗡𝗚𝗢𝘀 | 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 | 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻
— Rekha Gupta (@gupta_rekha) June 8, 2026
𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗬𝗮𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗮 𝗴𝗵𝗮𝘁. 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀. 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟰… pic.twitter.com/APpPpUxK3L
“𝟱𝟬𝟬+ 𝗡𝗚𝗢𝘀 | 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 | 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗬𝗮𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗮 𝗴𝗵𝗮𝘁. 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀. 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟰 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲, 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗵𝗶 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮 𝗬𝗮𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗮 𝗚𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲,” CM Gupta posted.
Last month, the Delhi government approved a major ₹860-crore project to reduce pollution flowing into the Yamuna River by setting up 12 decentralised sewage treatment plants (DSTPs) along the Najafgarh drain, which is considered the biggest source of pollution entering the river
