Chandigarh, Aug. 21 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday said that a joint committee comprising senior officials of the Central Water Commission (CWC), Haryana and Delhi governments will be constituted to clean Yamuna river.

Saini who attended a meeting on inter-state coordination on Yamuna water rejuvenation chaired by Union Jal Shakti minister CR Patil at New Delhi said that work for cleaning the Yamuna was being carried out on a war footing after formation of the BJP government in Delhi The process of treating sewage water from drains through sewage treatment plants (STPs) before releasing it into the river has been accelerated, Saini said.

The chief minister said that under the ongoing campaign, 16,000 metric ton...