The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) approved the construction of a lab which will be equipped with all the advance machines to perform advance testing, including virus detection tests like Covid-19 etc.
Other pollutants like pesticides, heavy metals, antibiotics, trace elements etc will also be tested in the lab to ensure safe drinking water supply alongwith proper treatment of wastewater before outfalling in River Yamuna.
The 154th Board Meeting held on Thursday chaired by DJB Chairman Satyendar Jain also accorded approval for approved enlistment of contractors in all the categories of project ranging from 10 to 500 Crores to bring transparency and widen participation of contractors in the DJB projects.
"The enlisting of contractors in different classes will be based on tendering limit and types of works on the pattern of CPWD. The objective of the enlistment of contractors is to have a ready list of suitable and competent firms for DJB works so as to minimize the requirement of verification of their credentials at the time of each tender," it said.
The Board also accorded approval to the work of providing and laying 250mm to 1600mm nominal dia internal and peripheral sewer line in kirari group of colonies under Rohini catchment area in Delhi and construction of waste pumping station at Prem Nagar Bhagya Vihar and Pratap Vihar including rising mains.