The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has approved construction of second Water Treatment Plant (WTP) at Sonia Vihar, laying of water pipelines for Sangam Vihar, Deoli, peripheral sewerage line for Sangam Vihar; improvement in sewerage infrastructure in Badarpur and other major water management and sewerage improvement projects in its meeting chaired by Delhi Chief Minister and chairperson of the Delhi Jal Board Arvind Kejriwal.
Kejriwal chaired the 142 nd meeting of the DJB at the Delhi Secretariat on Monday, which was attended by the DJB vice-chairperson, Dinesh Mohania, CEO, AK Singh, members of the Board and senior DJB officials.
To improve the overall Sewerage conditions in non sewer area, colonies, urban village etc., the Board accorded its approval to proposal of laying a peripheral sewer line in Sangam Vihar group of colonies under Okhla Drainage Zone.
Due to the typical soil strata with mix soil and boulders, the work on stretch of Ratia Marg, Sangam Vihar can only be taken up by minimum 1200mm diameter “Micro- Tunnelling” as there is a provision of removing any anticipated boulders from the mouth of pipe which is not available in lesser diameter than 1200 mm diameter, said an official.
Further in order to improve the hygienic conditions in the area, the scheme of providing sewerage infrastructure in the Badarpur Sub Zone was approved.
The scheme includes the construction of 10 MGD Decentralised wastewater treatment Plant at Tajpur including 10 year Operation & Management along with providing and laying sewerage network for Tajpur group of colonies in Badarpur Assembly constituency.
The scheme tends to benefit approximately 5.71 Lakh people.
Also laying of sewer line in Hamidpur Village under Narela WWTP Catchment Area, Delhi has been approved.
The sewage of this village will be conveyed to Narela WWTP for treatment through proposed WasteWater Pumping Station at Hamid Pur Village. The estimated cost of the scheme is Rs 9.4 crore. After execution of this scheme, about 37,511 persons will be benefitted with the sewerage system and about 1.15 mgd sewage will be treated which will consequently reduce pollution in river Yamuna.
In order to provide the sewerage facility in unauthorized colonies and to trap the untreated sewage out falling into river Yamuna through drain/ Nallas, a proposal of providing sewerage facility in Shiv Enclave group of colonies was approved by the Board.
The scheme will benefit Nilothi extension, Nangloi, Amritapuri Ranhola Nilothi Road, Amrita Puri Block C, Ranhola Village, Tek Chand colony main road village Nilothi falling under WWTP catchment are in Mundka constituency. The project will benefit about 1,68,922 people of the area.
Further to bring about overall improvement in the Water Management Systemof Delhi, the Board accorded approval to the construction of second 140 MGD Sonia Vihar WTP, 270 Cusec additional pipeline from Murad Nagar to Sonia Vihar WTP and restoration and strengthening of 2800 mm internal diameter from Murad Nagar to Bhagirathi WTP.
In order to resolve the civic problems of Nangal Dewat village, filtered water will be provided to Nangal Dewat village. Laying of peripheral and distribution main for Churiya Mohalla, Sant Mohalla, Balomiki Mihalla and Subhash colony in Tughlakabad.
At present there is no permanent distribution network of filtered water in the area. Water is being supplied through tankers and existing tube wells. Residents of these areas are facing acute shortage of drinking water due to poor quality of water in some tube wells.
Area is thickly populated with narrow lanes and tankers are also not approachable in many parts.
After the implementation of the project a population of about 36,000 individuals will be benefitted.
Moving a step forward in the direction of increasing the availability of water for the residents of Delhi, the Board had earlier decided to rejuvenate 93 water bodies within the city. In Monday’s meeting, it was decided to further speed up the project by approving the consultancy services of IIT Delhi for preparation of a feasibility report, detailed project report and tender documents for the rejuvenation of these water bodies.
