Yamuna's Troubled Waters: A Call for Accountability

Lt Governor VK Saxena criticizes those responsible for cleaning the Yamuna, highlighting broken promises to rejuvenate the river. He questions why efforts to make the river safe for bathing by 2025 are stalled. The Supreme Court previously paused an order setting him as committee head for the river's rejuvenation.

In a recent disclosure, Lt Governor VK Saxena released images capturing the Yamuna's frothy and polluted state, challenging those accountable for its maintenance.

While stopping short of naming individuals, Saxena criticized those who pledged to restore the river's health, yet stalled on pollution control projects, especially following promises made during the 2020 Assembly polls by AAP's Arvind Kejriwal.

The Supreme Court interfered last year, holding off the National Green Tribunal's directive to make Saxena head of a rejuvenation committee, a move contested by the AAP-led Delhi government.

(With inputs from agencies.)