Parvesh commissions machine from Finland for Yamuna clean up

Water Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh on Friday commissioned an ‘Amphibian Multipurpose Dredger Watermaster’ machine along with three Hopper Barges to clean the polluted water in the Najafgarh drain before it flows into the Yamuna river.

The Minister said the initiative marks a decisive shift towards technology-driven, large-scale and sustained action to address silt, sludge, floating waste, and hyacinth accumulation in Delhi’s major drains.

The Amphibian Multipurpose Dredger, sourced from Finland, is a machine capable of operating efficiently from dry land to water depths of up to six metres and it can be deployed for dredging, raking, piling, sludge removal, and aquatic weed clearance, making it particularly suitable for complex and congested drain systems like the Najafgarh drain, as per the government.

“Our approach is outcome-based. If the performance of this machinery meets expectations, more such advanced machines will be deployed at different locations across the Yamuna river and its drains,” Mr. Singh said.

Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said that consensus has been reached on strengthening Yamuna cleaning through biogas plants and installing Effluent Treatment Plans (ETPs) and Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) in industries.