New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- Delhi Water Minister Parvesh Verma on Monday said that over 35,000 citizens cleaned 70 locations along both banks of the Yamuna river, from Wazirabad's Soor Ghat and Signature Bridge to Yamuna Bazar, ITO, Nizamuddin, Sarai Kale Khan and Chilla, as part of the 'Chalo Yamuna Campaign' held on Sunday.
"On a Sunday morning, 35,000 Delhiites were standing on the banks of the Yamuna. Nobody forced them to come. They came because the Yamuna is our mother, and a mother's service needs no invitation," Parvesh Verma told newspersons.
"For years, no minister or Chief Minister of the previous government ever stepped onto a Yamuna ghat to clean it. Yamuna's cleaning stayed in files and speeches. Yesterday, the government and the ...