Six states sign agreement for rejuvenation of Yamuna River

Chief Ministers of Six States have signed the Kishau Multipurpose Dam Project agreement for the rejuvenation of the Yamuna River. These States are Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi. The agreement was signed in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion, Shah expressed confidence that once the project is completed, this event will become an important chapter in history. He said that the Central government has declared the Kishau Project a National Project. Shah said, the Central Government will bear approximately 90 per cent of its financial burden, while the remaining 10 per cent will be borne by the participating states.  
The Minister said that ever since Rekha Gupta became the Chief Minister of Delhi, continuous work has been underway  to clean the Yamuna. He said that since Narendra Modi became Prime Minister, this is the tenth water related dispute, which is now set to be resolved. He said that first, in August 2018, the dispute over the Lakhwar Multipurpose Project was resolved. In the same month, the dispute over the Shahpur Kandi Dam Project was settled. In 2021, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh reached an agreement on the Ken-Betwa Link Project, benefiting the water-stressed region of Bundelkhand. The dispute over the rehabilitation of families displaced by the Narmada Project was resolved in July 2026. 
Union Minister for Jal Shakti C.R. Patil, Union Home Secretary, Union Secretary for Water Resources, and the Chief Secretaries of the concerned states were also present on this occasion. The Centre and the Yamuna basin states are committed to completing at the earliest the 422-MW project, which had remained stalled for more than eight years.