DELHI
These projects have been taken up under Namami Gange Programme by National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) to conserve the River Yamuna in Delhi.
Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari will lay the foundation stone of 11 projects for Yamuna rejuvenation under the Namami Gange Programme in New Delhi on Thursday. These projects have been taken up under Namami Gange Programme by National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) to conserve the River Yamuna in Delhi.
Most of the projects are for the sewerage infrastructure and are at various stages of implementation. These projects under the Yamuna Action Plan (YAP) III are located in three drainage zones namely Kondli, Rithala and Okhla in Delhi.
Union Minister for Environment and Forest Dr Harsh Vardhan and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will also be present on the occasion.
The current sewage generation for Delhi city is about 327 crore litres per day against the existing treatment capacity of 276 crore litres per day. YAP-I was taken up for Delhi during 1993-2003 and YAP-II was extended in 2003 to cover Uttar Pradesh and Haryana along with Delhi. Building on the success and lessons learnt from YAP-I and II, the government launched YAP-III with JICA assistance in Delhi at an estimated cost of Rs 1,656 crore. Delhi Jal Board is the executing agency for these projects.
A total of eight sewerage infrastructure projects in Delhi under YAP-III include the creation of 56.4 crore litres per day STP capacity at Okhla, rehabilitation of 38.6 crore litres per day STP capacity; rehabilitation of trunk sewer and Rising main of 35 km length in Kondli and Rithala zones.
The sewerage projects are being taken up in four packages of Kondli (K1, K2, K3, K4), three packages of Rithala (R1a, R1b, R2) and Okhla zone (O). Of these, 7 projects are at various stages of implementation while one project of Okhla zone is under a tendering process.
In addition, two projects — Waste Water Treatment Plant of 31.8 crore litres per day at Coronation Pillar costing Rs 515.07 crore and 9 decentralized Sewage Treatment Plants (2.25 crore litres per day) at Chattarpur at Rs 65.24 crore — have been sanctioned.
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