The Uttar Pradesh government blamed Delhi for the pollution in Yamuna river and claimed that Holy Ganga had been cleaned from Bijnore to Ballia.
Replying to a question of BSP member Shyam Sunder Sharma in the Assembly, UP Jal Skakti Minister Dr Mahendra Singh said that the state government was doing every thing to clean Yamuna too, but due to Delhi, the river still remained polluted.
“Delhi is doing nothing to clear Yamuna except for taking water to meet drinking water need of the national capital. As Mathura shares border with Delhi, it is bearing the brunt of the former’s callous approach,” he said.
The minister said that the government identified nullah flowing into the Ganga. “Out of the total 217 nullah flowing in Ganga, 191 nullah were diverted while in Yamuna, of the total 170 nullahs, 49 have been diverted,” he said.
Singh said that all 1038 villages and 21 cities on the bank of Ganga have been declared Open Defecation-Free (ODF) while 123 STPs were working and 51 were under construction.
Singh also said that under Namami Gange programme, 78 cremation places on Ganga river have been modernised while similar cremation places would be developed on the banks of Yamuna too.
“We are doing everything to make the important rivers of India like Ganga and Yamuna free of pollution.