Govt. to assemble 17 mannequin Chhath ghats alongside Yamuna: CM

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta addressing a press convention at Delhi Secretariat in New Delhi onWednesday | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP

Chief Minister Rekha Gupta introduced on Wednesday that the federal government is developing 17 mannequin ghats alongside the Yamuna river and over 1,000 throughout the Capital to accommodate devotees through the four-day Chhath Puja starting on October 25.

Ms. Gupta additionally mentioned the federal government will withdraw all circumstances filed in opposition to devotees in earlier years for providing prayers on the banks of the Yamuna.

“Each subdivision may have at the very least one mannequin ghat to make the pageant accessible to devotees in each space,” she mentioned at a press convention.

The Opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) hit again, saying, “It is election time in Bihar, in order that they [BJP] are doing this drama to get the votes of Purvanchalis.”

The mannequin ghats are being developed over stretches starting from half a kilometre to 1 and a half kilometres relying on the wants of the native inhabitants, Ms. Gupta mentioned.

Cleanliness drive

She mentioned round 200 ghats will host cultural programmes through the pageant and that MPs, MLAs, councillors, and different public representatives have launched a city-wide cleanliness drive at ghats of their respective constituencies.

Later within the day, Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa visited a ghat at ITO and joined efforts to wash the realm. However, AAP dismissed his motion as “drama”.

Published – October 23, 2025 12:50 am IST