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BJP MP Manoj Tiwari swam in the Yamuna at Sonia Vihar ghat and said the river’s water had become clean enough for ritual bathing, while Union minister Kiren Rijiju suggested a swimming contest between them. The dip comes as Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced 43 projects worth Rs 8,941 crore to clean the Delhi stretch of the Yamuna, with a target to complete the work by 2029.
The BJP claims that pollution levels have fallen by nearly half in the past year, citing cleaning efforts under Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and noting that the upstream 26‑km stretch from Palla to Wazurabad has been fully cleaned. Opposition leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Rahul Gandhi and AAP chief Saurabh Bharadwaj dispute the claims, pointing to ongoing high pollution downstream and saying full cleanup will still take two to three years.
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