Supreme Court constitutes panel under Home Secretary to draw up action plan to clean Yamuna
The Supreme Court has established a committee led by the Union Home Secretary to create a plan for cleaning the Yamuna River within eight weeks. The court expressed concern over the river's degradation and emphasized the need for a comprehensive action plan similar to the Namami Gange Programme. It highlighted the importance of coordinated efforts among various agencies to effectively address pollution and restore the river's health.
- ▪The committee will include Chief Secretaries from all States and Union Territories along the Yamuna.
- ▪The action plan must outline objectives, implementation strategies, and budgetary allocations.
- ▪The court criticized the current fragmented approach of multiple agencies working in silos.
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The Supreme Court has constituted a committee headed by the Union Home Secretary and comprising Chief Secretaries of all the States and Union Territories through which the River Yamuna flows, and given them eight weeks to come up with a comprehensive plan to clean up the river, which is considered a lifeline to over 57 million people in the national capital.A Bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Manmohan issued the direction to the committee to prepare a Yamuna Action Plan while conveying a profound grief over the reduction of the river into “little more than a sewage canal”.Holy river, toxic passage: The Yamuna through Delhi“This court has repeatedly emphasised the absence of a single, comprehensive action plan for rejuvenation of Yamuna. A river is greater than the sum of its parts.
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