Drive to clean up Kalindi Kunj ghat
Paras Singh | TNN | Updated: Apr 7, 2019, 08:13 IST
Multiple agencies along with National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) will come together on Sunday to clean the... Read MoreNEW DELHI: Multiple agencies along with National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) will come together on Sunday to clean the Kalindi Kunj ghat near Okhla.
NMCG has adopted the Kalindi Kunj ghat and the agency will be carrying out special sanitation drive with the help of South Delhi Municipal Corporation and Delhi Jal Board. Landscaping and greening of the major riverbank is also on the cards.
Sanjam Cheema, senior consultant, NMCG, said over half a dozen cleaning drives have been carried out in the past. Cleaning of Yamuna is a part of the Namami Gange programme as it is the tributary of Ganga.
“The drive will begin early as the temperature later becomes too high and we don’t want the volunteers to fall ill. Whatever waste we collect will be taken away by the corporation. We will focus on removing plastic and solid waste and will also carry out plogging,” she said.
NMCG official said the horticulture department has also been called to chart out a plan for greening.
“We have landscape architects who have worked on rejuvenation of various ghats on Ganga. On Friday, they had carried out a preliminary survey of the area and they along with SDMC officials will now chalk out a plan to beautify the Kalindi Kunj ghat,” Cheema informed, adding that NMCG wants to retain the natural aesthetics of the riverbank.
“Landscaping will be done in a manner that it looks as natural as possible and overall aesthetics will be clean and green,” she added.
Kalindi Kunj ghat is a major riverbank in the course Yamuna takes within the capital. The river receives large amount of pollutants from Okhla. The issue of massive foaming particularly plagues the water quality. The volunteers and officials will gather at the ghat on 7.30am to clean the ghat.
NMCG has adopted the Kalindi Kunj ghat and the agency will be carrying out special sanitation drive with the help of South Delhi Municipal Corporation and Delhi Jal Board. Landscaping and greening of the major riverbank is also on the cards.
Sanjam Cheema, senior consultant, NMCG, said over half a dozen cleaning drives have been carried out in the past. Cleaning of Yamuna is a part of the Namami Gange programme as it is the tributary of Ganga.
“The drive will begin early as the temperature later becomes too high and we don’t want the volunteers to fall ill. Whatever waste we collect will be taken away by the corporation. We will focus on removing plastic and solid waste and will also carry out plogging,” she said.
NMCG official said the horticulture department has also been called to chart out a plan for greening.
“We have landscape architects who have worked on rejuvenation of various ghats on Ganga. On Friday, they had carried out a preliminary survey of the area and they along with SDMC officials will now chalk out a plan to beautify the Kalindi Kunj ghat,” Cheema informed, adding that NMCG wants to retain the natural aesthetics of the riverbank.
“Landscaping will be done in a manner that it looks as natural as possible and overall aesthetics will be clean and green,” she added.
Kalindi Kunj ghat is a major riverbank in the course Yamuna takes within the capital. The river receives large amount of pollutants from Okhla. The issue of massive foaming particularly plagues the water quality. The volunteers and officials will gather at the ghat on 7.30am to clean the ghat.
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