In order to revamp the existing infrastructure and treat all the waste generated in the city, Delhi Water Minister Satyendar Jain laid the foundation stone of new sewer networks in the national Capital on Friday.
The first sewer line which will be at 80 km long, will come up at the Shahbad group of colonies and another line, which will be 10 km long, will be laid in the Singhu group of colonies. At present, there is no sewer network in the Shahbad group of colonies as well as in the Singhu group of colonies and villages.
Jain said, “We aim to connect all the colonies of Delhi to sewage lines, which will enable all the waste to get treated through the Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) instead of falling directly into the drains.”
Jain said that laying sewer lines will be a significant step in reducing pollution in the Yamuna River as currently, sewage of these areas is being discharged into nearby drains that pollute the river. “This will also improve health and hygiene of the area as wastewater flowing in open drains results in mosquito breeding,” he added. The Minister also paid a visit to the Singhu group of colonies and laid the foundation of the 10-km-long sewer line. This sewer line will be laid in two unauthorised colonies. This internal and peripheral sewer line will have a 300 mm to 710 mm nominal diameter, falling under the Narela waste water treatment plant catchment area in Delhi.
Nearly 15,000 people residing in Singhu Village, Lal Dora of Singhu Village and Singhu Village Extension will benefit from this initiative. “Currently, the sewage of the area is being discharged directly or indirectly into the Yamuna river, which is one of the reasons that is contributing towards pollution of the Yamuna.”
Previously, the foundation stone of a sewage pumping station was laid in Harsh Vihar with an aim to pump the sewage generated from eight unauthorised colonies of Gokalpur Assembly Constituency to Yamuna Vihar sewage treatment plant for further treatment.