Yamuna Riverfront Development: The 25-km-lengthy Yamuna Riverfront Development project is ongoing, and out of it, work on 3 stretches has been completed, according to the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). A report in IE cited DDA Horticulture Department director Ashok Kumar as saying that development of water bodies, pathways, as effectively as greenery on 3 stretches has been completed, with these 3 stretches getting Golden Jubilee, Asita East and Asita West, although these functions are about to be completed on a fourth stretch – the Nizamuddin Bridge-DND Flyway (east). He added that all-natural river and grass, umbrella grass as effectively as all-natural riverines are some of the features that have been added.
Moreover, the authority is also hunting to add components like eco-trails, walkways as effectively as water bodies on the complete stretch among Wazirabad and Okhla barrages. The project is slated to be completed by December 2023, the report added.
The 25-km section below the development has been divided into 10 projects, of which, the Asita West has an region of about 90 hectares, although Asita East, which is close to the stretch marking the finish of ITO, is across 93 hectares. Golden Jubilee on the other hand is across about 50 hectares. Apart from this, the Nizamuddin Bridge-DND Flyway (east) stretch spans across one hundred hectares, of which 25% has been created.
Ashok Kumar stated that people today from neighbouring places have been going to these completed sections, although adding that some of the places are also slated to get cycle tracks.
The report cited a senior DDA official as saying that the authority had to face a number of challenges connected to removal of encroachments and reclaiming of land at a number of areas, adding that poor upkeep and dumping of industrial and untreated waste into the river made big components of the Yamuna Riverfront inaccessible.
The way items presently stand, Yamuna barely has any freshwater operating by means of it by the time it exits Delhi and flows into neighbouring UP, which is why officials have stated that a Yamuna cleaning physical exercise would be important for the project to be profitable in the lengthy run.
Yamuna Riverfront Development Project is a outcome of a 2015 order by National Green Tribunal, and it started in 2017 below the monitoring of an NGT-appointed committee. Now, the project is getting monitored by the UT’s LG.