New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- After years of waiting, the cleaning of the Yamuna River began on Sunday. Delhi LG VK Saxena, setting an ambitious four-pronged strategy to clean the Yamuna River.

The government rolled out a three-year plan and deployed trash skimmers, weed harvesters, and dredge utility crafts to remove waste, his office said.

In addition, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has been directed to crack down on industrial units which release untreated effluents into drains.

Taking to X, his office said, "As promised by the Hon'ble Prime Minister

@narendramodi in the run up to the just concluded Assembly Elections, works on cleaning of Yamuna have already begun in the right earnest, with trash skimmers, weed harvesters & ...