The CM said a consultant had been hired to chalk out a plan to conserve water in the Yamuna during monsoon.
Delhi will soon adopt the Singapore model to augment the water supply in the Capital, said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday, while announcing a series of measures to meet the water crisis in the city.
The chief minister, who inspected the Coronation Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) in North Delhi's Burari, said such projects would put an end to the city's water woes. "Rolling out several projects to increase water availability by 15-20% in next 2 years n 50% next 5 years. Hopefully, no water problem in Delhi after that. Till then, as projects start, water problem wud keep decreasing (No increase in water availability for several yrs before our govt)," he said.
The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has planned to rejuvenate 200 water bodies in the Capital. Landscaping around the water bodies is also in pipeline, as per the plan. The water will percolate to the ground, improving the groundwater levels in the vicinity which can be extracted and used for various purposes.
As per the plan, by June 2019, pipeline and pumping station would be ready and then the treated water would start going to Palla, from where it will travel to Wazirabad through the Yamuna Channel.
"The consultant has been hired to chalk out a plan for recycling and reuse of water from other 36-STPs in Delhi on the lines of the recycling of the treated water from Coronation and Rithala STPs. This once done will produce at-least 200 MGD of additional water. Currently, the water from these STPs goes in river Yamuna," said a Delhi government official.
The consultant will also chalk out a plan to conserve the water in the Yamuna during monsoon. The water level goes up by more than 10 times. "The consultant will submit a methodology to conserve the additional water during rains," added the official.
As for water received from other states, he said "We are in touch with Uttar Pradesh. The water comes from there through a ''kutcha' canal. We will try to make the canal concrete. This will help save about 150 MGD water." A new water treatment plant is proposed to be built at Dwarka by February 2020.
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- The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has planned to rejuvenate 200 water bodies in the Capital.
- Landscaping around the water bodies is also in pipeline, as per the plan. The water will percolate to the ground, improving the groundwater levels in the vicinity which can be extracted and used for various purposes.
- As per the plan, by June 2019, pipeline and pumping station would be ready
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