New Delhi, April 10 -- Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday asserted that the work of cleaning the Yamuna is underway, and the government is doing it in a time-bound manner.

"The work of cleaning Yamuna is going on. We are desilting the drains; hundreds of officials and large numbers of machines are working on the ground. Work is going everywhere, and the government is doing it in a time-bound manner," Delhi CM said.

She further said that the Delhi government will build a park on the 50 acres of land in Uttam Nagar that belong to the Flood and Irrigation Department.

"The 50 acres of land (in Uttam Nagar) that belong to the Flood and Irrigation department that was under encroachment in all these years and was not being used - to...