Amit Shah launches ₹8,941 crore Yamuna rejuvenation projects in Delhi, targeting a clean river by 2029

Key facts

• Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah attended the inauguration and foundation-stone laying of Yamuna rejuvenation projects worth ₹8,941 crore in Delhi on 22 October 2026, with Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta present.
• Of the projects, 10 were inaugurated and 33 were initiated, covering upgradation and installation of sewage treatment plants (STPs), a decentralised STP pumping station, sewer line connections to households, and sewer rehabilitation, tapping and drainage work.
• Amit Shah said over 40% of the Yamuna purification plan, placed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the new Delhi government was formed, has been completed, and the Yamuna will be cleaned by 2029 (before May 2029) through joint roadmaps of the Centre and the governments of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
• The Delhi government under Rekha Gupta, with central help, has cleared 2.17 crore metric tonnes of garbage and freed 100 acres of land; the Okhla and Bhalswa garbage mountains have been reduced by 30 to 40 metres and Ghazipur's by 10 to 15 metres, with gardens planned in their place within two years.
• World-class works such as Asita East, Bansera and Vasudev Ghat at Sarai Kale Khan and ITO were highlighted, along with a three-year action plan to provide sewerage connections to every household in Delhi.