New Delhi: The BJP-led Delhi government is implementing 32 real-time water quality monitoring stations to keep an eye on the river’s water and the drains that feed it as part of its pledge to clean the Yamuna. According to a senior official, there will be 22 stations on significant drains and 10 on the Yamuna River.

Palla, the ISBT Bridge, the ITO Bridge, the Nizamuddin Bridge, the Okhla Barrage, and other locations along the Yamuna River will all have monitoring stations installed. Along with a few border drains, such as Singhu Border (DD6, Sonepat), Bahadurgarh, Shahdara, Sahibabad, and Banthia, the main drains that will be included include Najafgarh, Metcalfe House, Khyber Pass, and Sweeper Colony.

The river and the drains that feed into it will be observed by these monitoring stations, which will also note the date of the cleaning operation.

By the end of this year, all of the monitoring stations should be up and running. The bidding procedure has already begun. The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) server will receive the data from these stations, which will continuously check the quality of the water.

These stations will monitor levels of nitrogen, phosphorus, and ammonia in addition to other pollutants, including TSS (total suspended solids), BOD (biological oxygen demand), and COD (chemical oxygen demand).

Sewage treatment has already started as part of the Yamuna cleanup project. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Minister Parvesh Verma, and Delhi LG VK Saxena are keeping an eye on the process. Major drains that also flow into the river have been routinely examined by the three.

Yamuna cleansing has been a major problem in the state; the previous administration made a commitment to clean it but never followed through. Additionally, the BJP administration, headed by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, has pledged to clean it up during its first term in office.

For Yamuna cleanup, Delhi Chief Minister Gupta set aside 500 crore in the 2025–2026 budget. This money would be used to build 40 decentralized sewage treatment plants (STPs). In order to address pollution at its source, the water must be treated before it reaches the river. Additionally, a budget of 1500 cr has been set aside to upgrade the state’s sewerage infrastructure and revitalize Yamuna.