Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra on Tuesday held a meeting with senior officers of Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and senior executives of the non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs). The high-level meeting was heldto take critical decisions to improve Delhi's sewage infrastructure.
In a decision taken by the Minister, the Delhi Government will publish status paper on Sewage Pumping Stations (SPSs) and STPs.
The Status Paper Committee (SPC) on the STPs an SPS will comprise of Chief Engineer from DJB, Manoj Mishra of Yamua Jiye Abhiyaana and Manu Bhatnagar from INTACH.
“It will publish open data on all STPs and SPSs online by September 13, 2016 and create a rewards scheme for staff below the rank of Executive Engineers with high performance at STPs to incentivise high performance within the organisation,” said a DJB official.
Professor AK Gosain from IIT Delhi also attended this meeting in their capacity as water experts and water activists.
Other decision like to conduct massive sewage infrastructure audit which will ensure a comprehensive review of all drains and pipelines for assessing future robustness and adequacy of water and drainage network for the city also discussed. “DJB will also prepare seepage and sludge management plan for the city of Delhi in collaboration with IIT Delhi,” the official added.