New Delhi, February 20 Cleaning the Yamuna river is one of the biggest priorities for the newly formed BJP government of Delhi. After taking oath on Thursday, on the very first day of her tenure as Chief Minister, Rekha Gupta and all her cabinet colleagues reached Vasudev Ghat on the banks of Yamuna in Delhi and performed Yamuna Aarti.
The Yamuna Aarti program, just hours after taking oath, shows how much the issue of Yamuna’s pollution contributed to the BJP’s victory in the assembly elections and how committed the government is now to its cleaning.
After the Yamuna Aarti, the first cabinet meeting of the Delhi government was held. Ministers Pravesh Verma, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Ashish Sood, Kapil Mishra, Ravindra Indraraj and Pankaj Kumar Singh, who took oath as ministers along with Rekha Gupta today, participated in it.
Delhi State BJP President Virendra Sachdeva was also present here at the Yamuna Ghat. During this, Yamuna Aarti was performed amid chanting of mantras. The Chief Minister prayed with folded hands. Many big leaders of BJP and many Lok Sabha MPs of Delhi were also present here.
The Aam Aadmi Party government, which has been in power in Delhi for the last 10 years, had promised to clean the Yamuna river. However, despite the passage of two terms, Yamuna could not be cleaned in Delhi. The issue of pollution of Yamuna river was also raised in the Delhi Assembly elections. Now the Bharatiya Janata Party government has kept Yamuna river on its priority.
Even during the elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party had talked about making Yamuna river clean and pure in Delhi.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has said that while fulfilling the dream of the Prime Minister, her government will work openly against corruption in Delhi. Every penny of the public will be accounted for. She said that a strategy has been made to clean Yamuna in Delhi in the next three years.
After the results of the assembly elections, the work of removing silt from the Yamuna river has also started at many places. Just a few days before the formation of the government, the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi also held an important meeting with senior officials in this regard. After this, the work of removing silt and weeds from Yamuna river has been started at many places in Delhi.
