Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta at an event said the capital’s pollution crisis is a top priority for the current government and criticised earlier administrations for not acting in time. Gupta stressed that, as CM, she recognises how serious Delhi’s toxic air and water problems are and will address them.

Rekha Gupta accused previous governments of ignoring both air quality and river contamination for years. She said the current administration is treating Delhi pollution as an emergency issue, with long-term plans linked to transport, waste management and cleaning the Yamuna already under way from the first day in office.

On Yamuna pollution, the Chief Minister said the government has been working on the river “from day one” and argued that earlier governments neglected it. Gupta pointed out that more than 22 drains directly release dirty water into the Yamuna, while drains from unauthorised colonies also add to Delhi pollution.

Gupta said work is ongoing to tackle these drains and that officials are mapping additional sources of contamination. The Chief Minister added that departments have been instructed to coordinate better so that sewage treatment and drain diversion projects reduce Delhi pollution in the river more effectively.