Delhi was “well-planned along the course of the river Yamuna, but it isn’t so anymore,” he said. As part of river systems, floodplains slow water runoff during floods, recharge groundwater and store excess water, replenishing the city’s water supply. They built kuccha houses on the floodplains along the Yamuna Pushta (from the ITO bridge and up to Salimgarh Fort). The government has come up with three actions plans to clean the river — Yamuna Action Plan 1, 2, 3. Delhi’s Master PlanThe Yamuna floodplain was designated as a protected area free from construction in the Delhi Masterplan of 1962.

Source: The Hindu July 24, 2023 17:25 UTC