With the aim to clean the Yamuna river, Delhi’s Water Minister, Satyendra Jain on Saturday inaugurated a Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) at Delhi’s Coronation Pillar site with a capacity of treating 31.80 crore litres of waste water per day. The Minister also laid the foundation stone of a 71.51 km long sewer line in Sangam Vihar and Deoli Constituency.
According to Jain, the newly built Coronation Pillar wastewater treatment plant will cater to the requirements of sewage treatment for the coronation pillar drainage zone.
“The wastewater that is generated from the areas of Shakti Nagar, Kamla Nagar, Roop Nagar, Delhi University Campus, Nehru Vihar and University area will be treated at this plant. Apart from this, the sewage generated from unauthorised colonies such as Saroop Nagar, Bhalswa, Sant Nagar and Wazirabad Group of colonies will also be treated here now,” said Jain.
Jain said that the wastewater that is being discharged from these colonies will be treated at the coronation pillars WWTP, which will eventually lead to cleaning the river Yamuna, benefiting lakhs of people of the area.
“Presently, the sewage which directly falls into the Supplementary drain will now get trapped and treated at the Coronation Pillar WWTP through the pumping station available in Burari. The treated wastewater will then fall in the supplementary drain before getting merged with the river Yamuna,” he said.
“In order to strengthen the existing sewerage system, the Delhi Government has also initiated the work of laying 71.51 km of sewer lines in 20 unauthorised colonies of Sangam Vihar and Deoli Constituency,” said the Minister.