Delhi has committed to cleaning up the Yamuna by 2025

Highlights:

• Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi Chief Minister, recently committed to entirely clean the Yamuna River by 2025.
• To clean the sacred river, he proposed a six-point action plan.
• He also pledged that by 2025, the Yamuna River will be safe to drink and bathe in.
• The Delhi government has also begun de-silting and repair of the sewage system.
• Six Point Action Plan:
• Sewage Treatment- The government plans to build additional sewage treatment facilities.
• Existing wastewater treatment plants will have their capacity boosted.
• This initiative will raise sewage treatment capacity from 600 million gallons per day to 750-800 million gallons per day.
• The Yamuna is being treated in-situ with waste water from four main drains: Najafgarh, Badshahpur, Supplementary, and Ghazipur.
• The technology of old treatment facilities will be replaced and modernised. 
• Industries that dump rubbish into the Yamuna will be closed down.
• Currently, waste from "jhuggi jhopri clusters" travels through rainwater and into the Yamuna. 
• These drains will now be linked to the sewer system.