AAP, BJP trade barbs over froth-laden Yamuna River again
New Delhi, Oct. 20 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi chief Saurabh Bhardwaj on Sunday shared visuals of the froth-laden Yamuna near the Okhla barrage, alleging that all tasks by the "Bharatiya Janata Party's four-engine government were being completed in photos and videos, and not in reality."
"The chemical that the previous Delhi government sprayed in Yamuna, is being sprayed by the current government. If Rekha Gupta says that the water in Yamuna is clean, then I ask her and Parvesh Verma to come with me and drink a litre of Yamuna water. I will be convinced that the Yamuna is now clean," he said.
Slamming the allegations, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said the AAP has deceived the city for ten years in the name of Yamuna cleaning.
"Saurabh Babu, you are educated, but tell me, who drinks water from the river in a glass? You people were in power for more than 10 years, made big claims about cleaning the Yamuna, but did nothing... The Aam Aadmi Party cheated for ten years in the name of cleaning the Yamuna. More than 6,500 crore rupees were misappropriated, but the Yamuna turned from a dirty river into a drain," Kapoor posted on X.
He further stated that the BJP-led Delhi government will clean the Yamuna by 2026-end. "Rest assured, by the end of 2026, the Rekha Gupta government will make the Yamuna clean enough for anyone to take a dip."
Meanwhile, Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday inspected the Vasudev Ghat to review arrangements ahead of Chhath Puja, which will be observed from October 25 to 28 this year. "We have reviewed almost every area of the Yamuna river bank, and the work continues. Each agency is working, and as you can see, there is no foam. We are committed to working for the people; the previous government only talked, but did no work," Gupta said.
With images of devotees standing in froth-laden water going viral annually during Chhath Puja, the phenomenon has become a recurring controversy. The froth is caused by surfactant molecules in the polluted river water, which churns when it falls from a height at the Okhla barrage. The festival has also become a point of political contention between the AAP and the BJP, as both parties woo the substantial Poorvanchali vote bank....
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