Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra on Wednesday announced that it will now be possible to monitor online the Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) in real-time. The online data will be published in public domain.
“The performance of all 36 STPs will be monitored and the data will be published online and their data and performance will be open to the public for viewing and analysis. Rs. 8.21 crores has been allotted to this project which will measure all important parameters: PH, BOD, COD, TSS and Ammonia,” said the Minister.
He further added that the move to publish data online will bring transparency and openness in governance, and bring power to the people.
“We have increased the efficiency of Delhi’s STPs manifold under the leadership of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and are happy to get people’s insights and analysis on our open data. By opening up Government data, we have taken another step in fulfilling our manifesto,” said the Minister.
Mishra added that the DJB has given administrative approval for sewerage and water pipeline network worth Rs 275 crores. “The decision has been taken by the DJB with several disruptive policy and public works announcements on June 15 2016,” said Mishra.
Government officials further said the DJB has also decided to move from the usual civil engineering perspective of water works to that of comprehensive planning. “All projects executed by the DJB will now include comprehensive urban planning, landscape planning, hydraulics, structural design and GIS mapping to ensure that every water work is designed for the community it is to benefit, for which required posts have been created in the planning department,” the official added.