Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena along with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel on Saturday took stock of the cleaning work being done to rejuvenate Najafgarh drain.
The L-G also assured the NGT chairperson that all the 122 feeder drains bringing sewage and silt into the drain will be trapped and no stone will be left unturned to ensure that the drain gets rejuvenated into its original Avatar of a river.
According to the statement released by Raj Niwas, Justice Goel, after the inspection, appreciated the efforts being undertaken and expressed the hope that the same would fetch desirable results, in terms of reducing pollution in the Yamuna, as also revival of the Sahibi River, that the drain once was. “The NGT Chairperson asked the LG to ensure that the efforts being undertaken as of now, are taken to their logical conclusion in a time bound manner,” it stated.