In a boost to Yamuna cleaning
drive, work on the Rs 40 crore project on the stretch between Vrindavan and
Mathura began at this temple town on Wednesday, with Union ministers Nitin
Gadkari, Uma Bharti and Dharmendra Pradhan and MP Hema Malini giving a green
signal to it. The work, being implemented under the ambitious Namami Gange
project, aims at cleaning two crore litres of water by setting up an advanced
sewage treatment plant and at beautifying 17 ghats in Mathura. The work would
also include construction of toilets in Vridavan and Mathura and laying of 18
km pipeline to carry water from the treatment plant to the Mathura refinery.