Delhi govt approves funds for Yamuna cleaning, new prison

New Delhi The BJP government in the first meeting of its expenditure finance committee chaired by chief minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday approved funds worth 4000 crore for cleaning of Yamuna and construction of a high security prison in Narela besides other.

Speaking at an event here the chief minister said the EFC approved infrastructure projects worth Rs 4000 crore including 3140 crore for construction of 27 sewage treatment plants and laying of sewerlines to augment efforts to clean the heavily polluted Yamuna in Delhi.

The meeting chaired by the chief minister was attended by cabinet minister Parvesh verma Asish sood Kapil mishra and Pankaj singh along with senior officers Gupta said that construction of 27 decentralized sewage treatment plants have been approved in the meeting Additionally to strength Delhi’s transport infrastructure approval was given for the establishment of charging stations for electric buses at DTC depot ISBT and cluster bus depots in Dwarka a statement issued by the government said.

The committee sanctioned 107.02 crore for BSES Rajdhani power limited to set up electric bus charging at cluster depot-I&II ISBT Sector 22 and DTC depot sector 8 in Dwarka.

The committee sanctioned 148.58 crore for building the high security prison in Narela the statement said the new jail will be built on over 40 acres of land and have capacity to accommodate 256 inmates

Earlier in March the chief minister while presenting Delhi’s budget for 2025-26 said the TiHAR prison complex will be shifted to some outer part of the city in a new jail.