LUCKNOW, July 28 -- Uttar Pradesh has been directed to prepare a time-bound action plan and ensure the completion of all sewage treatment and pollution abatement projects on drains flowing towards the Yamuna by January 2028, according to a status report reviewed by the Union home minister last month as part of the Centre's Yamuna rejuvenation programme.

"Similar instructions have been issued to other states concerned, including Delhi and Haryana, with Union home minister Amit Shah and the Union home secretary regularly holding virtual meetings with the chief secretaries on the issue almost every fortnight," an official in the chief secretary's office said.

The report, accessed by HT, places Ghaziabad and Loni at the centre of the river ...