Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Sushri Uma Bharti has informed that cleaning of rivers is an ongoing process. Implementation of past projects for pollution abatement in river Yamuna (YAP-I & II) has not yielded desired results. The water quality of river Yamuna has not shown the desired improvement due to a large gap between sewage generation and availability of sewage treatment capacity and lack of adequate fresh water in the river.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed to take up pollution abatement works on the Najafgarh drain on a priority in Phase-I of “Maily Se Nirmal Yamuna-Revitalization Plan”, 2017. Following this, Delhi Jal Board has submitted three DPRs at an estimated cost of Rs.1388.23 crore for construction of STPs. The DPRs have been appraised.
The details of amount released by the Government towards pollution abatement schemes in Yamuna river is given below:-
| Name of Project | Year | Amount releasedRs. Crore |
| Sewerage and STP works in Panipat and Sonepat | 2013-2014 | 10.0 |
| 2014-2015 | 10.46 | |
| 2015-2016 | 30.0 | |
| YAP III (JICA assisted) | 2013-2014 | 5.0 |
| 2014-2015 | – | |
| 2015-2016 | 4.96 |
Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam has also submitted two DPRs for the twin cities Mathura and Vrindavan at an estimated cost of Rs. 185.21 crore and Rs. 35.01 crore respectively. Both these DPRs are in the process of appraisal.
IndianBureaucracy.com wishes the very best for this initiative.