India, Feb. 26 -- New Delhi

The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed optimism about better implementation of plans to clean the Yamuna, citing a "change of circumstance" in Delhi after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) formed the government in Delhi.

Observing that a BJP government is in place in neighbouring Haryana too-from where the Yamuna flows into the Capital-a bench headed by justice Bhushan R Gavai said: "With the change of circumstance, disputes between the Haryana and Delhi governments may not arise."

The court was hearing a suo motu petition of 2021 on remediation of polluted rivers, with a focus on cleaning the Yamuna, due to the constant refrain by the Delhi government of high ammonia content in the Yamuna that could not be p...