Adventure track to come up along Yamuna floodplains

A trekking and adventure track will soon come up amid trees and flower beds along the Yamuna floodplains, officials said on Tuesday.
Delhi LG V K Saxena, who is also the chairman of the NGT appointed a high-level committee for the rejuvenation of Yamuna on Tuesday, laid the foundation stone for the construction of the track at Signature Bridge.

To be constructed by the Eco Battalion of Territorial Army, the earthen (kuchcha) track to be developed amidst trees, grasslands and flower beds along the Yamuna floodplains on the Eastern Bank, will run throughout the 11 km stretch up to Asita at ITO Barrage and provide residents of the city with a much-needed adventure trail, said a Raj Niwas official.
The track will run through a green field alignment and will pass through the fields of Garhi Mandu, Shastri Park, Old Railway Bridge, Geeta Colony Bridge and Asita up to ITO Barrage, he said.

The LG while conceptualising the restoration and makeover of the Yamuna floodplains, had underlined that the floodplains should be developed such that the people of Delhi come closer to the river and become stakeholders in its rejuvenation.
“All efforts in this direction, be it the development of Asita, Baansera, triple grid plantation drive from Garhi Mandu to Shastri Park to Bela Farms, development of Qudsia Ghat or the foundation stone laid today, will bring people from across the city on the banks of the river and ensure that their presence over there instills a sense of ownership of the river and simultaneously deter unauthorised occupation of the river bank and throwing of garbage into it,” said the official.