Delhi's Water Minister and Chairman of Delhi Jal Board (DJB) Satyendar Jain visited several waste and water treatment plants and instructed the officials to increase the water holding capacity of existing lakes.
The Minister visited Pappankalan Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), Dwarka Water Treatment Plant (WTP) and supplementary drain near Rithala STP on Thursday. Jain instructed officials to increase the water holding capacity of Pappankalan Lake from 10 MGD (million gallons per day) to 20 MGD.
He said that additional two lakes with holding capacity of 50 Million Gallons will be constructed adjacent to the existing Pappankalan Lake.
The Minister further said that a lake over the area of 10 acres will be constructed inside the Dwarka WTP to increase groundwater levels. In the last visit, Jain said that Delhi Government has constructed a low-cost weir near Rithala STP to divert untreated sewage of drain into STP, similar weir systems will be replicated all over Delhi.
Thereafter, Jain visited the Dwarka Water Treatment Plant (WTP) and inspected its functioning. He said, "Various water augmentation options have been discussed with the officials to increase the production by 20 MGD." He further added. "Additionally, a 10 acre lake area will be constructed inside the WTP to increase groundwater levels."