India, April 17 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting on the rejuvenation of the Yamuna with Union home minister Amit Shah, Union Jal Shakti minister CR Patil, Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta, and senior officials from the Centre and the Delhi government at his residence at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, officials said on Thursday.

Widespread public participation in cleaning the river, the use of real-time data and space technology to track drain flows, regular assessment of sewage treatment plants, and the creation of a corpus for the river were among the ideas discussed during the meeting held on Wednesday, the officials cited above said.

Wednesday's high-level meeting came a day after the Delhi government's expenditure a...