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The Delhi authorities connected Wednesday approved the deployment of 32 high-capacity, modern cleaning machines to combat contamination successful drains connected to the Yamuna river, Water Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh said.
The thrust volition statesman from January 2026 astatine the Najafgarh drain, arsenic the Yamuna rejuvenation volition beryllium driven by action, exertion and accountability, according to an authoritative statement.
“The halfway nonsubjective of the inaugural is to halt untreated sludge, silt and coagulated discarded from entering the Yamuna stream by intensifying mechanised cleaning of large drains. The thrust volition statesman from the Najafgarh drain, the azygous largest contributor of contamination into the river. It volition further grow successful a phased mode to different large drains and selected stretches of the river,” the authoritative connection said.
The machines see 8 long-boom amphibious excavators, six long-boom hydraulic excavators, 2 amphibious multi-purpose dredgers, and six self-propelled, self-unloading hopper barges.
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“For years, Yamuna cleaning was constricted to paperwork and property statements. This time, machines volition beryllium moving connected the crushed from January. That is the difference,” Mr. Singh said.
“Pollution successful the Yamuna is the effect of years of neglect and outdated systems. We are breaking that rhythm by deploying modern, high-capacity machines and enforcing strict monitoring,” helium added.
