To meet this objective, a construction of dam has started on Shahpur-Kandi river and has been declared a national project.

Gadkari also said that currently water from three rivers flows into Pakistan but plans are being made to build projects so that it can be diverted to enrich the Yamuna.

This will result in more water for the river which will also be rid of effluent via extensive sewerage facilities built under the Namami Gange program.

Gadkari while speaking at Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh said that under partition, both India and Pakistan received three rivers each but water from India’s rivers continues to flow into the neighbouring country.

He added that plans are afoot to construct three projects on those rivers to that there would be ample water for Yamuna.