Parvesh Verma launches sewer lines in Deoli, Ambedkar Nagar

The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Saturday launched a large-scale sewer development project covering unauthorised colonies in the Deoli and Ambedkar Nagar Assembly constituencies. Delhi’s Water Minister, Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, laid the foundation stone of the project, aimed at stopping untreated household sewage from flowing into stormwater drains that ultimately discharge into the Yamuna.

The project assumes particular significance as the work was originally sanctioned and initiated in 2018, with a planned completion timeline of May 2020. However, despite laying plans for nearly 57 kilometres of sewer lines, only about 32 kilometres of work could be completed, leaving large parts of the project incomplete. As a result, out of 16 identified colonies, only five received partial sewer connectivity, while the remaining areas continued to discharge sewage into open drains.

 “This project remained incomplete for years, leaving residents and the Yamuna to suffer. We have now ensured funding, accountability, and monitoring so that the work is completed within the stipulated timeframe,” Verma said after the foundation stone. “Cleaning the Yamuna requires stopping sewage at the source.

This Delhi Jal Board project focuses on unauthorised colonies in Deoli and Ambedkar Nagar, where the lack of sewer connectivity has directly contributed to pollution of the Yamuna.

This project remained incomplete for years, leaving residents and the Yamuna to suffer. We have now ensured funding, accountability, and monitoring so that the work is completed within the stipulated timeframe,” he said.

Highlighting the delay in execution over the past several years, the Minister said the present Government is committed to completing the work within a defined timeline.