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Rejuvenation Of Yamuna, Ganga Is A Necessity To Sustain The Indian Civilisation: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri
The Delhi Development Authority will chalk out a comprehensive plan to restore and rejuvenate India’s prime rivers, Yamuna and Ganga
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- Delhi Development Authority will chalk out a plan to revive Yamuna
- 'Yamuna River Project' is a top priority of Spain in India: Ambassador
- Delhi Jal Board and a US university to work on Yamuna cleanup project
New Delhi: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is working to impelement a “comprehensive project” for restoration and rejuvenation of the Yamuna river. He emphasised on rejuvenation of Yamuna and Ganga rivers as a necessity to sustain the Indian civilisation.
“The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) that reports to my ministry is working to implement a comprehensive plan for restoration and rejuvenation of the Yamuna. The project is named, Asita, which is another name of the Yamuna river,” he said.
Referring to the slow degradation of the rivers due to urbanisation, the minister expressed satisfaction over revival of focus on rejuvenation of rivers.
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We are seeing a revival of focus on rejuvenation of rivers and it is a must. For the Indian civilisation in its modern form, we got to rejuvenate the urban space, and the cleaning and rejuvenation of the Yamuna and Ganga is at the heart of that, the Housing and Urban Affairs Minister said.
There is no doubt about the “seriousness and resolve” of the government for the purpose of cleaning and rejuvenating the rivers, he said at the launch of a book ‘Yamuna River Project-New Delhi Urban Ecology’ at an event hosted by the Embassy of Spain.
If you are living in Delhi, I cannot think of a more worthwhile cause than cleaning of the Yamuna, the minister stressed.
Ambassador Jose Ramon Baranano said that the ‘Yamuna River Project’ is a top priority of the embassy of Spain in India.
The provost of University of Virginia (US), Thomas Katsouleas, termed the project as a single largest, multidisciplinary study by the university.
The varsity along with Delhi Jal Board has taken up the project with an aim to clean and rejuvenate the Yamuna river.
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