India, March 25 -- New Delhi

A year on since the Delhi government made the Yamuna clean-up a key agenda of the government's environmental focus and budget allocation in 2025-26, the issue failed to find a significant mention in this year's budget on Tuesday.

Barring fleeting observations, the focus in the chief minister's budget speech and allocations was mostly confined to the river's periphery, cycle tracks along it, development across the trans-Yamuna region and developing a flood protection "wall" as an embankment along the river.

CM Gupta said Rs.300 crore has been allocated to the Trans-Yamuna Development Board. The government will develop cycle tracks along the Yamuna's periphery to promote green mobility. Gupta said that in add...