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As minister globe-trots, dirty flows the Yamuna
Updated On: 03 December, 2009 07:07 AM IST | | Surender Sharma
AK Walia is flying around world to learn ways to clean river. But experts and DJB officials say the Yamuna will stink even during the Games
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AK Walia is flying around world to learn ways to clean river. But experts and DJB officials say the Yamuna will stink even during the Games
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Next destination? Delhi Urban Development Minister AK Walia |
That's what Delhi Urban Development Minister AK Walia is doing.
Barely a week after Walia led a delegation to Bangkok to learn ways to clean the Yamuna, he is planning another trip to London to pick-up more effective methods.
Officials in Delhi Jal Board (DJB) said the team led by Walia will study the cleaning process of Thames River, which cuts through central London.
"The Bangkok trip did not yield much. The system that is in place in Bangkok can not be adopted here. Next month the delegation may visit London to study the cleaning of Thames," said a senior DJB official, wishing anonymity.
However, even officials at DJB feel despite the frantic study trips, the government will not be able to clean the Yamuna before the Commonwealth Games next year.
"The Yamuna clean-up project will be big and last for eight to ten years," said the DJB official.
The Delhi government has spent Rs 872.15 crore since the Yamuna Action Plan-I (YAP) was launched in 1993.
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